Ecclesiastes 8:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death. There is no escape in time of war, and no one can hide behind evil.

Cross References

Psalm 89:48

No one can escape the power of death and the grave.

Job 14:5

Our time on earth is brief; the number of our days is already decided by you.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

Isaiah 28:15

Do you think you have an agreement with death and the world of the dead? Why do you trust in your lies to keep you safe from danger and the mighty flood?

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth?

Proverbs 14:32

In times of trouble the wicked are destroyed, but even at death the innocent have faith.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will go down to the world of the dead to be with those nations that forgot about you.

2 Corinthians 13:4

Although he was weak when he was nailed to the cross, he now lives by the power of God. We are weak, just as Christ was. But you will see that we will live by the power of God, just as Christ does.

1 Corinthians 15:43

These ugly and weak bodies will become beautiful and strong.

Isaiah 28:18

Your agreement with death and the world of the dead will be broken. Then angry, roaring waves will sweep over you.

Job 34:14

If God took back the breath that he breathed into us,

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.

2 Kings 7:15

The men rode as far as the Jordan River. All along the way they saw clothes and equipment that the Syrians had thrown away as they escaped. Then they went back to the king and told him what they had seen.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but no one who sins and rejects God will prosper or live very long.

Proverbs 12:3

Sin cannot offer security! But if you live right, you will be as secure as a tree with deep roots.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Isaiah 47:10

You hid behind evil like a shield and said, “No one can see me!” You were fooled by your wisdom and your knowledge; you felt sure that you alone were in full control.