Ecclesiastes 8:7-9

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⁷ and you are not sure what will happen. No one can tell you what will happen in the future.

⁸ No one has the power to keep their spirit from leaving or to stop their death. During war, no soldier has the freedom to go wherever he wants. In the same way evil does not allow anyone who does wrong to go free.

⁹ I saw all this. I thought very hard about the things that happen in this world. I saw that people always struggle for the power to rule others, and this is bad for them.