| Ecclesiastes 8:5 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Whoever obeys his commands will avoid trouble. The mind of a wise person will know the right time and the right way to act.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. |
| ASV: | Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment: |
| BBE: | Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision. |
| DBY: | Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner. |
| ERV: | Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment: |
| JPS: | Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment. |
| WBS: | He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. |
| WEB: | Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure. |
| YLT: | Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth. |
| Ecclesiastes 8:5 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 12:21 No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 8:5 He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both {e} time and judgment.
(e) That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey. |
| WES: | 8:5 The commandment - Solomon passes to a new subject. Shall feel - Shall be delivered from those mischiefs which befal the disobedient. Discerneth - Both when, and in what manner he must keep the commands of God. |
| MHC: | 8:1-5 None of the rich, the powerful, the honourable, or the accomplished of the sons of men, are so excellent, useful, or happy, as the wise man. Who else can interpret the words of God, or teach aright from his truths and dispensations? What madness must it be for weak and dependent creatures to rebel against the Almighty! What numbers form wrong judgments, and bring misery on themselves, in this life and that to come! |
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