Yet these [the present evils] have You hid in Your heart [for me since my creation]; I know that this was with You [in Your purpose and thought].
Ecclesiastes 8:6 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For every purpose and matter has its [right] time and judgment, although the misery and wickedness of man lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king]. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. American Standard Version (1901) for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him: Common English Bible because there’s a right time and right way for every matter. But human misfortunes are overwhelming Catholic Public Domain Version For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man: English Standard Version 2016 For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him. |
Yet these [the present evils] have You hid in Your heart [for me since my creation]; I know that this was with You [in Your purpose and thought].
That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].
[God's voice may be heard by man when] he is chastened with pain upon his bed and with continual strife in his bones or while all his bones are firmly set,
Rejoice, O young man, in your adolescence, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your [full-grown] youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven:
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work.
When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door [again and again], saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where [what household–certainly not Mine] you come from.