Ecclesiastes 8:4-8
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:5
One who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a person’s trouble is heavy upon him.
Ecclesiastes 8:7
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not save those who practice it.