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Ecclesiastes 8:3-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. Don’t be dismayed; leave his presence.Don’t linger in a harmful situationbecause he can do whatever he wants!

4. Because the king’s word has authority,no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

5. Whoever keeps a command will meet no harm, and the wise heart knows the right time and the right way

6. because there’s a right time and right way for every matter. But human misfortunes are overwhelming

7. because no one knows what will happen, and no one can say when something might happen.

8. No one has control over the life-breath, to retain it, and there’s no control over the day of death. There’s no release from war, and wickedness won’t deliver those who practice it.

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