Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Who [is] as the wise <H2450> [man]? and who knoweth <H3045> the interpretation <H6592> of a thing? <H1697> a man's <H0120> wisdom <H2451> maketh his face <H6440> to shine, <H0215> and the boldness <H5797> of his face <H6440> shall be changed. <H8132>
2: I [counsel thee] to keep <H8104> the king's <H4428> commandment, <H6310> and [that] in regard <H1700> of the oath <H7621> of God. <H0430>
3: Be not hasty <H0926> to go <H3212> out of his sight: <H6440> stand <H5975> not in an evil <H7451> thing; <H1697> for he doeth <H6213> whatsoever pleaseth <H2654> him.
4: Where the word <H1697> of a king <H4428> [is, there is] power: <H7983> and who may say <H0559> unto him, What doest <H6213> thou?
5: Whoso keepeth <H8104> the commandment <H4687> shall feel <H3045> no evil <H7451> thing: <H1697> and a wise man's <H2450> heart <H3820> discerneth <H3045> both time <H6256> and judgment. <H4941>
6: Because to every purpose <H2656> there is <H3426> time <H6256> and judgment, <H4941> therefore the misery <H7451> of man <H0120> [is] great <H7227> upon him.
7: For he knoweth <H3045> not that which shall be: for who can tell <H5046> him when it shall be?
8: [There is] no man <H0120> that hath power <H7989> over the spirit <H7307> to retain <H3607> the spirit; <H7307> neither [hath he] power <H7983> in the day <H3117> of death: <H4194> and [there is] no discharge <H4917> in [that] war; <H4421> neither shall wickedness <H7562> deliver <H4422> those that are given <H1167> to it.
9: All this have I seen, <H7200> and applied <H5414> my heart <H3820> unto every work <H4639> that is done <H6213> under the sun: <H8121> [there is] a time <H6256> wherein one man <H0120> ruleth <H7980> over another <H0120> to his own hurt. <H7451>
10: And so <H3651> I saw <H7200> the wicked <H7563> buried, <H6912> who had come <H0935> and gone <H1980> from the place <H4725> of the holy, <H6918> and they were forgotten <H7911> in the city <H5892> where they had so done: <H6213> this [is] also vanity. <H1892>
11: Because sentence <H6599> against an evil <H7451> work <H4639> is not executed <H6213> speedily, <H4120> therefore the heart <H3820> of the sons <H1121> of men <H0120> is fully set <H4390> in them to do <H6213> evil. <H7451>
12: Though a sinner <H2398> do <H6213> evil <H7451> an hundred <H3967> times, and his [days] be prolonged, <H0748> yet surely I know <H3045> that it shall be well <H2896> with them that fear <H3373> God, <H0430> which fear <H3372> before <H6440> him:
13: But it shall not be well <H2896> with the wicked, <H7563> neither shall he prolong <H0748> [his] days, <H3117> [which are] as a shadow; <H6738> because he feareth <H3373> not before <H6440> God. <H0430>
14: There is <H3426> a vanity <H1892> which is done <H6213> upon the earth; <H0776> that there be <H3426> just <H6662> [men], unto whom it happeneth <H5060> according to the work <H4639> of the wicked; <H7563> again, there be <H3426> wicked <H7563> [men], to whom it happeneth <H5060> according to the work <H4639> of the righteous: <H6662> I said <H0559> that this also <H1571> [is] vanity. <H1892>
15: Then I commended <H7623> mirth, <H8057> because a man <H0120> hath no better <H2896> thing under the sun, <H8121> than to eat, <H0398> and to drink, <H8354> and to be merry: <H8055> for that shall abide <H3867> with him of his labour <H5999> the days <H3117> of his life, <H2416> which God <H0430> giveth <H5414> him under the sun. <H8121>
16: When I applied <H5414> mine heart <H3820> to know <H3045> wisdom, <H2451> and to see <H7200> the business <H6045> that is done <H6213> upon the earth: <H0776> (for also [there is that] neither day <H3117> nor night <H3915> seeth <H7200> sleep <H8142> with his eyes:) <H5869>
17: Then I beheld <H7200> all the work <H4639> of God, <H0430> that a man <H0120> cannot <H3808> <H3201> find out <H4672> the work <H4639> that is done <H6213> under the sun: <H8121> because though <H0834> <H7945> a man <H0120> labour <H5998> to seek <H1245> [it] out, yet he shall not <H3808> find <H4672> [it]; yea farther; though a wise <H2450> [man] think <H0559> to know <H3045> [it], yet shall he not <H3808> be able <H3201> to find <H4672> [it].