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Ecclesiastes 8:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 8 Just as no man has power over the spirit* or can restrain the spirit, so no one has power over the day of death.+ Just as no one is discharged during a war, so wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.*

Ecclesiastes 8:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 There is no man having power over the spirit* to restrain the spirit;+ neither is there any power of control in the day of death;+ nor is there any discharge in the war.+ And wickedness will provide no escape for those indulging in it.*+

Ecclesiastes 8:8

The Bible in Living English
- 8 There is no man who controls the wind so as to shut off the wind; and nobody is in control of the day of death; and there is no dismissal in war; and wrong will not bring safety to those who commit it.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

American Standard Version
- 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

The Emphasized Bible
- 8 No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and none hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,—neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

King James Version
- 8 There 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.