Ecclesiastes 8:6
Good News Translation
There is a right time and a right way to do everything, but we know so little!

New Revised Standard Version
For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.

Contemporary English Version
Life is hard, but there is a time and a place for everything,

New American Bible
Yes, there is a time and a judgment for everything. But it is a great evil for mortals

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:

to every

Ecclesiastes 3:1,11,17 All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:13,14 Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised. . . .

therefore

Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Isaiah 3:11-14 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. . . .

Isaiah 22:12-14 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: . . .

Luke 13:25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

Luke 17:26-30 And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. . . .

Luke 19:42-44 If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. . . .

Hebrews 3:7-11 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To-day if you shall hear his voice, . . .

Context
Obey the King
5He that keepeth the commandment, shall find no evil. The heart of a wiser man understandeth time and answer. 6There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:7Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:1
All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:17
And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.

Ecclesiastes 8:5
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