Ecclesiastes 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Because, therefore - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.”

The possibility of God’s time and judgment being in opposition to a king’s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind).

Ecclesiastes 8:6

6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.