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Ecclesiastes 8:4-6
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:4-6
English Standard Version
4 For the word of the king is supreme, and (A)who may say to him, “What are you doing?” 5 Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.[a] 6 For there is a time and a way (B)for everything, although man's trouble[b] lies heavy on him.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:5 Or and judgment
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 Or evil
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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