8Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? Wisdom makes one's face shine, and the hardness of one's countenance is changed.H2450H3045H6592H1697H120H2451H6440H215H5797H6440H81322Keep the king's command because of your sacred oath.H8104H4428H6310H1700H7621H4303Do not be terrified; go from his presence, do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he does whatever he pleases.H926H3212H6440H5975H7451H1697H6213H26544For the word of the king is powerful, and who can say to him, "What are you doing?"H1697H4428H7983H559H62135Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.H8104H4687H3045H7451H1697H2450H3820H3045H6256H49416For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.H2656H3426H6256H4941H7451H120H72277Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?H3045H50468No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind, or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.H120H7989H7307H3607H7307H7983H3117H4194H4917H4421H7562H4422H11679All this I observed, applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while one person exercises authority over another to the other's hurt.H7200H5414H3820H4639H6213H8121H6256H120H7980H7451
God’s Ways Are Inscrutable
10Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.H3651H7200H7563H6912H935H1980H4725H6918H7911H5892H6213H189211Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.H6599H7451H4639H6213H4120H3820H1121H120H4390H6213H745112Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,H2398H6213H7451H3967H748H3045H2896H3373H430H3372H644013but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.H2896H7563H748H3117H6738H3373H6440H43014There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people who are treated according to the conduct of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are treated according to the conduct of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.H3426H1892H6213H776H6662H5060H4639H7563H3426H7563H5060H4639H6662H559H1571H189215So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat, and drink, and enjoy themselves, for this will go with them in their toil through the days of life that God gives them under the sun.H7623H8057H120H2896H8121H398H8354H8055H3867H5999H3117H2416H430H5414H812116When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how one's eyes see sleep neither day nor night,H5414H3820H3045H2451H7200H6045H6213H776H3117H3915H7200H8142H586917then I saw all the work of God, that no one can find out what is happening under the sun. However much they may toil in seeking, they will not find it out; even though those who are wise claim to know, they cannot find it out.H7200H4639H430H120H3201H4672H4639H6213H8121H834H7945H120H5998H1245H4672H2450H559H3045H3201H4672
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