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Ecclesiastes 8:6

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

KJV

Omni negotio tempus est, et opportunitas : et multa hominis afflictio,

Vulgate

ὅτι παντὶ πράγματί ἐστιν καιρὸς καὶ κρίσις, ὅτι γνῶσις τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλὴ ἐπ’ αὐτόν·

LXX

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

ASV

כִּ֣י לְ/כָל חֵ֔פֶץ יֵ֖שׁ עֵ֣ת וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּֽי רָעַ֥ת הָ/אָדָ֖ם רַבָּ֥ה עָלָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
חֵ֖פֶץ
chpts
noun · 36×
י
y
noun · 422×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • Eccl 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
  • Eccl 3:17 — I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
  • Eccl 7:13 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
  • Job 24:1 — Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
  • Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
  • Luke 19:42 — Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.