It blotches the face but it scours the heart. Don’t worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. I tell you, this makes no sense. Learn More About The Message Ecclesiastes 8:1 MSG There’s nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. 8 No one can control the wind or lock it in a box.No one has any say-so regarding the day of death.No one can stop a battle in its tracks.No one who does evil can be saved by evil. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? Ecclesiastes 8 King James Version (KJV) 8 Who is as the wise man? And gives gentleness to words and manners. 1 There's nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. And gives gentleness to words and manners. The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language - Unabridged Audiobook on 66 CDs in a Carrying Case, Message Slimline Bible--soft leather-look, brown/tan, The Message Bible--soft leather-look, sky blue, The Message Gift and Award Bible, Imitation Leather, Coral. Ecclesiastes 8:6 Yes, there's a right time and way for everything, even though, unfortunately, we miss it for the most part. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. The king has the last word. Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. Ecclesiastes 8 Keep the King's Command. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. The meaning is, “He who obeys the commandment (i. e., the word of the king, Ecclesiastes 8:4), will not be an accomplice in any act of rebellion; and if he be a wise man he discerns (literally knows) that the king‘s commandment or action is liable to correction, if it be wrong, in God‘s time and by God‘s judgment.” Who’s around to tell us? The book of Ecclesiastes explains the world in all its complexity, confusion, and frustration with striking honesty. I’d say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal. Get an Answer. Learn more about The Message Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. As long as men and women have the power to hurt each other, this is the way it is. Ecclesiastes 8. 8 Who is as the wise man? When the people returned to the city, they delivered flowery eulogies—and in the very place where wicked acts were done by those very men! Because, therefore - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.” The possibility of God‘s time and judgment being in opposition to a king‘s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind). 15 So, I’m all for just going ahead and having a good time—the best possible. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. Ecclesiastes 8:14: Here's something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what's coming to the wicked, and bad people get what's coming to the good. No matter how many days he lives, they’ll all be as flat and colorless as a shadow—because he doesn’t fear God. 2-7 Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. No one has any say-so regarding the day of death. Ecclesiastes 8 1 here's nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. Don’t worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. Your death date tells more than your birth date. The king has the last word. There's nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. No one has any say-so regarding the day of death. You’re serving his pleasure, not yours. Ecclesiastes 8:1-17. No matter how smart you are, you won’t get to the bottom of it. You’re serving his pleasure, not yours. Indeed. 2 Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. 9 All this I observed as I tried my best to understand all that’s going on in this world. Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. 2-7 Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. 8 No one can control the wind or lock it in a box.No one has any say-so regarding the day of death.No one can stop a battle in its tracks.No one who does evil can be saved by evil. No one who does evil can be saved by evil. What would be some hints for memorizing Scripture? 1:2). Don't worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. 1 There's nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 MSG - There’s a Right Time for Everything - Bible Gateway. Questions. We might discover something from it. a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:1 - 9. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. No one has any say-so regarding the day of death. Indeed. Because the sentence against evil deeds is.. No one can stop a battle … It's smoke. NIV 1 Who is like the wise? THE MESSAGE; Ecclesiastes; Chapter 8; Read the Bible THE MESSAGE Ecclesiastes 8:8. There’s a Right Time for Everything. Read verse in The Message Bible Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. No one can control the wind or lock it in a box. Indeed. a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. The Message. The only earthly good men and women can look forward to is to eat and drink well and have a good time—compensation for the struggle for survival these few years God gives us on earth. Need some help understanding theology? The Message (MSG) Bible Book List. Ecclesiastes 10:8. Ask Us! 16-17 When I determined to load up on wisdom and examine everything taking place on earth, I realized that if you keep your eyes open day and night without even blinking, you’ll still never figure out the meaning of what God is doing on this earth. Ecclesiastes 8:8 No one can control the wind or lock it in a box. I tell you, this makes no sense. Who dares say to him, “What are you doing?” 8 There’s nothing better than being wise,Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life.Wisdom puts light in the eyes,And gives gentleness to words and manners. Crying is better than laughing. Who’s around to tell us? Ecclesiastes 10:9. Last Week's Top Questions . No one has any say-so regarding the day of death. Be endangered - Rather: “cut himself.” 10 One time I saw wicked men given a solemn burial in holy ground. Ecclesiastes 8:7. I tell you, this makes no sense. You’re serving his pleasure, not yours. Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. 1 3 There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth: 2–8 A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal, A right time to destroy and another to construct, It gets its start in a mist and ends up in the dark—unnamed. “Vanity of vanities! Don’t worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. MSG 1 here's nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. When the people returned to the city, they delivered flowery eulogies—and in the very place where wicked acts were done by those very men! Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. Ask a Question Got a Bible related Question? Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Yes, there’s a right time and way for everything, even though, unfortunately, we miss it for the most part. Who dares say to him, “What are you doing?” Carrying out orders won’t hurt you a bit; the wise person obeys promptly and accurately. Ecclesiastes 12. No one who does evil can be saved by evil. The only earthly good men and women can look forward to is to eat and drink well and have a good time—compensation for the struggle for survival these few years God gives us on earth.