Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? ^aa man’s wisdom ^bmaketh his face to shine, and ^†the boldness of his face shall be changed. ²I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that ^cin regard of ^dthe oath of God. ³^eBe not hasty ^fto go out of his sight: ^gstand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. ⁴Where the word of a king is, there is ^hpower: and ⁱwho may say unto him, What doest thou? ⁵Whoso keepeth the commandment ^†shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and ^jjudgment.

⁶Because ^kto every purpose there is time and ^jjudgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. ⁷For ^lhe knoweth not that which shall be: for ^mwho can tell him ^||when it shall be? ⁸There is no man that hath ⁿpower over the spirit ^oto retain the spirit; neither hath he ^hpower in the day of death: and there is no ^||^pdischarge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver ^qthose that are given to it. ⁹All 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.

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aComp. Prov. 4:8, 9. & 17:24.
bSo Ps. 19:8. Comp. Acts 6:15.
†Heb. the strength. See rather Deut. 28:50.
cSee ch. 3:18.
d Ex. 22:11. 2 Sam. 21:7. 1 Kin. 2:43. Comp. 1 Chr. 29:24. Rom. 13:5.
eSee ch. 7:9.
fSo ch. 10:4.
g 1 Chr. 20:4 marg. So Ps. 1:1.
hver. 8 only.
i Job 9:12. Comp. Job 34:18.
†Heb. shall know. See Prov. 23:35.
jch. 12:14.
kSee ch. 3:1.
jch. 12:14.
lSo Prov. 24:22.
mch. 6:12. & 10:14. So ch. 9:12. See ch. 3:22.
||Or, how it shall be?
nSee ch. 7:19.
oSo Job 14:5.
hver. 8 only.
||Or, casting of weapons.
pComp. Deut. 20:5–8.
qSee ch. 5:11.

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