Ecclesiastes 8:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
In context
3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 8:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- KJV King James Version
- Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
- WEB World English Bible
- Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.