New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ecclesiastes 7
28 which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
29 Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."
Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.
2 I say, "Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.
3 Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."
4 Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, "What are you doing?"
5 He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man’s trouble is heavy upon him.
7 If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
8 No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.
9 All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.
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