Ecclesiastes 8:8 Cross References - LITV

⁸ Man is not a ruler over the spirit, to restrain the spirit; nor has he power in the day of death. And there is no discharge in that war, nor shall wickedness deliver its possessors.

¹ When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots, a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them. For Jehovah your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. ² And it shall be, when you draw near to battle, the priest shall come and speak to the people, ³ and say to them. Hear, Israel, you are drawing near today to battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be faint; do not fear nor tremble, nor be terrified before their faces. ⁴ For Jehovah your God is He who is going before you, to fight for you with your enemies, to save you. ⁵ And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, who is the man that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, that he not die in battle and another man dedicate it. ⁶ And who is the man that has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, that he not die in battle, and another man use its fruit. ⁷ And who is the man who has betrothed a woman, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, that he not die in the battle, and another man take her. ⁸ And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, Who is the man who is afraid, and faint of heart? Let him go and return to his house; then the heart of his brothers will not melt like his heart.

¹⁴ For we do surely die and are as water which is spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.

¹⁵ And they went after them to the Jordan. And, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels that the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

⁵ Since his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have appointed his hounds, and he cannot pass over;

¹⁴ If He sets His heart on him, if He gathers his spirit and his breath to Himself,

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned to Sheol, all the nations forgetting God.

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, and in their many riches, boast themselves. ⁷ A man cannot at all redeem a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him, ⁸ for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever, ⁹ for he shall yet live forever; he shall never see corruption.

⁵ God will likewise break you forever; He shall take you away, even pluck you from your tent, and uproot you out of the land of the living. Selah. ⁶ And the righteous shall see and fear; yea, they will laugh over him, saying, ⁷ Behold, the man who did not make God his strength; but he trusted in his many riches; he was strong in his destruction.

¹⁸ Surely, You will set their feet in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin. ¹⁹ How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away with terrors! ²⁰ Like a dream at the time from dreaming, O Lord, in awaking You will despise their image. ²¹ For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pierced in my reins. ²² And I was brutish and did not know; I was like animals with You. ²³ Yet I was continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. ²⁴ You shall guide me by Your counsel; and afterward You will take me to glory. ²⁵ Whom have I in Heaven? And I have no desire on earth besides You. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart waste away; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. ²⁷ For, lo, those who are far from You shall be lost; You have cut off all who go whoring away from You. ²⁸ As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made my refuge in the Lord Jehovah, to declare all Your works.

⁴⁸ What man lives and never sees death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.

³² The wicked is thrust out in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

²¹ Who knows the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward; and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?

¹⁵ Because you have said, We have cut a covenant with death; and, We have made a vision with Sheol, when the overwhelming rod passes through it will not come to us for we have made the lie our refuge, and we have hidden in falsehood.

¹⁸ And your covenant with death shall be covered; and your vision with Sheol shall not rise up. When the overwhelming whip passes through, then you shall be for a trampling to it.

⁴³ It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

⁴ (for even if He was crucified out of weakness, yet He lives by the power of God). For even we are weak in Him, yet we shall live by the power of God toward you.

²⁷ And as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this Judgment;