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A Conservative Version
For to every purpose there is a time and decision, although the distress of man is great upon him.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
Holman Bible
For every activity there is a right time and procedure,
International Standard Version
Indeed, there is an appropriate time and a response for every circumstance, since human misery weighs heavily upon him.
American Standard Version
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
Amplified
For there is a
Though mankind’s misery and trouble lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].
Bible in Basic English
For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
Darby Translation
For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;
Julia Smith Translation
To every inclination there is time and judgment; for man's evil is great upon him.
King James 2000
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is heavy upon him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For there is a [proper] time and right [procedure] for every matter, even though the trouble of man [weighs] heavy upon him.
Modern King James verseion
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great on him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For everything will have opportunity and judgment, and this the thing that maketh men full of carefulness and sorrow.
NET Bible
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.
New Heart English Bible
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
The Emphasized Bible
For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, - when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
Webster
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
World English Bible
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
Youngs Literal Translation
For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:6
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Context Readings
Obedience To The King
5 He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision. 6 For to every purpose there is a time and decision, although the distress of man is great upon him. 7 For he knows not that which shall be, for who can tell him how it shall be?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous man and the wicked man, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Ecclesiastes 11:9-1
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen
Isaiah 3:11-14
Woe to the wicked! [It is] ill [with him], for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Luke 13:25
From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from,
Luke 17:26-30
And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of man.
Luke 19:42-44
saying, If thou knew, even thou, indeed even in this thy day, the things for thy peace. But now they are hidden from thine eyes.
Hebrews 3:7-11
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,