Ecclesiastes 8:8 Cross References - Coverdale

⁸ Nether is there eny ma yt hath power ouer ye sprete, to kepe stil ye sprete, ner to haue eny power in the tyme of death: It is not he also that can make an ende of the batayll, nether maye vngodlynes delyuer him yt medleth withall.

¹ Whan thou goest out to battayll agaynst thine enemies, and seyst horses and charettes of the people more then thou, be not afrayed of them: for the LORDE thy God which brought ye out of the londe of Egipte, is with the. ² Now wha ye are come nye vnto the battayll, the prest shal steppe forth, & speake to the people, ³ and saye vnto the: Heare Israel: Ye go this daye in to the battayll agaynst youre enemies, let not yor hert faynte. Feare not, be not afrayed, ner a drede of them. ⁴ For the LORDE youre God goeth with you, to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies, yt he maye saue you. ⁵ And the captaynes shal speake to ye people, and saye: Who so hath buylded a new house, and hath not dedicate it, let him go, and byde in his house, that he dye not in ye battayll, and another dedicate it. ⁶ Who so hath planted a vynyarde, and hath not yet made it comen, lett him go, and byde at home, that he dye not in the battayll, and another make it comen. ⁷ Who so hath spoused a wyfe, and hath not yet brought her home, let him go, and byde at home, yt he die not in the battayll, & another brynge her home. ⁸ And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people, and saye: He that feareth and hath a faynte hert, lett him go, and byde at home, that he make not his brethrens hert fainte also, like as his hert is.

¹⁴ For we all dye the death, and as the water that sinketh in to the earth, which is not taken vp. And God will not take awaye the lyfe, but vnbethynketh himselfe, yt euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him.

¹⁵ And whan they wente after the vnto Iordane, beholde, the waye laye full of garmentes and vessels, which the Syrians had cast from the, whyle they made haist. And whan the messaungers came agayne, and tolde the kynge,

⁵ The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

¹⁴ To whom hath he geuen his herte, for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him?

¹⁷ Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell, and all the Heithen yt forget God.

⁶ They that put their trust in their good, & boost them selues in the multitude of their riches. ⁷ No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme their soules, so that he must let that alone for euer. ⁹ Yee though he lyue loge, & se not ye graue.

⁵ Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes yt maye do hurte, O thou false toge. ⁶ Therfore shal God cleane destroyethe, smyte the in peces, plucke the out of thy dwellinge, and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge. ⁷ Sela.The rightuous shal se this, & feare, and laugh him to scorne.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set the in a slippery place, that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges & destroye the. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perish, & come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite. ²¹ Thus my hert was greued, & it wente euen thorow my reynes. ²² So foolish was I and ignoraunt, and as it were a beest before the. ²³ Neuerthelesse, I am allwaye by the, thou holdest me by my right hande. ²⁴ Thou ledest me with thy coucel, and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory. ²⁵ O what is there prepared for me in heauen? there is nothinge vpo earth, that I desyre in comparison of the. ²⁶ My flesh and my herte fayleth, but God is the strength of my hert, and my porcion for euer. ²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. ²⁸ But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes.

⁴⁸ O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught?

³² The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell, but the rightuous hath a good hope eue in death.

²¹ Who knoweth the sprete of man yt goeth vpwarde, and the breth of the beest yt goeth downe in to the earth?

¹⁵ For ye coforte yor selues thus: Tush, death & we are at a poynte, & as for hell, we haue made a codicion with it: that though there breake out eny sore plage, it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape, and with nymblenes will we defende or selues.

¹⁸ Thus the appoyntmet that ye haue made wt death, shalbe done awaye, and the codicion that ye made with hell, shal not stode. When the greate destructio goeth thorow, it shal all to treade you, It shal take you quyte awaye before it.

⁴³ It is sowne in dishonoure, & shal ryse in glory:It is sowne in weaknesse, and shal ryse in power: It is sowne a naturall body, & shal ryse a spirituall body.

⁴ And though he was crucified in weaknes, yet lyueth he in the power of God. And though we are weake in him, yet lyue we with him in the power of God amonge you.

²⁷ And as it is appoynted vnto me yt they shal once dye, and then cometh the iudgmet: Eue