Ecclesiastes 8

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1 Who is as wise, and who understands the significance of things? The wisdom of man enlightens his face, and the sternness of his face changes.
2 [I say]: keep the king's word, and [for the sake of] an oath before God.
3 Do not rush to leave his face, and do not persist in the worst of things; Because he can do everything he wants.
4 Where the word of the king is, there is power; And whoever says to him: 'What are you doing?'
5 He who observes the commandment will not experience any evil: the heart of the wise knows both time and regulations;

6th Because for every thing there is a time and a statute; But a great evil to man because,
7th That he does not know what will happen; And how it will be - who will tell him?
8 Man does not control the spirit to keep the spirit, and there is no power over the day of death, and there is no escape in this struggle, and will not save the wickedness of the wicked.

9 All this I saw, and turned my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person rules over a person to his detriment.
10 I saw then that they buried the wicked, and came and departed from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city, where they did so. And this is vanity!
eleven Not soon will the judgment of evil deeds be accomplished; This does not frighten the hearts of the sons of men to do evil.
12 Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and will stagnate in him, but I know that the good will be to those who fear God, who fear before Him;
13 But the wicked will not be good, and like a shadow, one who does not fear God will not last long.

14 There is such a fuss on earth: the righteous comprehend what the wicked deeds deserve, and with the wicked, what the righteous deeds deserve. And I said: and this is vanity!
15 And I praised the merriment; Because there is no better for a man under the sun, as eating, drinking and having fun: it accompanies him in the works in the days of his life, which God gave him under the sun.
16 When I turned my heart to comprehend wisdom and to survey the deeds that are done on earth, and among which [the person] neither day nor night knows sleep, -
17th Then I saw all the works of God and [found] that man can not comprehend the works that are done under the sun. No matter how many people work in the research, he still does not comprehend this; And if any wise man said that he knows, he can not comprehend.

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