5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.


In Context

2 I say, |Keep the king's command!| because of the oath to God.

3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, |What are you doing?|

5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

Ecclesiastes 8:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:5He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.