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Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it,[a]
so no one has power over the day of his[b] death.
Just as no one can be discharged during the battle,[c]
so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 tn Heb “There is not a man who has mastery over the wind to restrain the wind.”
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:8 tn The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. Ecclesiastes 8:8 tn Heb “There is no discharge in war.”
  4. Ecclesiastes 8:8 tn Heb “its owners.”