Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 8:8"

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Lexham English Bible LEB

8 Just as no one can control the wind to restrain the wind, so also no one can control the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not deliver the wicked.

New International Version NIV

8 As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has power over the time of their death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.