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Ecclesiastes 8:6

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6For athere is a proper time and custom for every 1matter, though a man’s trouble is multiplied upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit delight

Cross references

  1. aEccl 3:1, 17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,

though a person may be weighed down by misery.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though a person’s troubles are heavy on him.

NLTNew Living Translation

for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For there is a proper time and right procedure for every matter,

even though the trouble of man weighs heavy upon him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.