Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so there is no authority over the day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
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is no

Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

2 Samuel 14:14
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways so that the banished one may not remain estranged from Him.

Job 14:5
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

Job 34:14
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Psalm 49:6-9
They trust in their wealth and boast in great riches. . . .

Psalm 89:48
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

power

1 Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

2 Corinthians 13:4
For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with Him to serve you.

discharge

Deuteronomy 20:1-8
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you. . . .

2 Kings 7:15
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

neither

Psalm 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol--all the nations who forget God.

Psalm 52:5-7
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah . . .

Psalm 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge when he dies.

Isaiah 28:15, 18
For you said, "We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place." . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

International Standard Version
Just as no human being has control over the wind to restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

NET Bible
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
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