There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has 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. Treasury of Scripture is no Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? 2 Samuel 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person... Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Job 34:14 If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath; Psalm 49:6-9 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches... Psalm 89:48 What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the 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 though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him... discharge Deuteronomy 20:1-8 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them... 2 Kings 7:15 And they went after them to Jordan: and, see, all the way was full of garments and vessels... neither Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Psalm 52:5-7 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place... Psalm 73:18 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death. Isaiah 28:15,18 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement...
Context Obey the King
1Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he does whatever pleases him. 4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, What do you? 5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment. 6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great on him. 7For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has 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. 9All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man rules over another to his own hurt. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
Darby Bible Translation
There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to 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.
Young's Literal Translation
There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
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