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Ecclesiastes 8:8

WEB

8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

KJV

8There is no man[+] that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

BSB

8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

FBV

8No one can hold onto the breath of life; no one can prevent the day when they die. There's no way of escaping that battle, and the wicked won't be saved by their wickedness!

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Extra References

Psalms 89:48

48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah.

Job 14:5

5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.

Hebrews 9:27

27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Psalms 49:6-9

6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— 7none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. 8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, 9that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

Psalms 9:17

17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,[+] even all the nations that forget God.

Isaiah 28:15

15“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol.[+] When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

Ecclesiastes 3:21

21Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

Proverbs 14:32

32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Job 34:14

14If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

2 Corinthians 13:4

4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.