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Ecclesiastes 8 |
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1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a
thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of
his face shall be changed.
2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard
of the oath of God.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing;
for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto
him, What doest thou?
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise
man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the
misery of man is great upon him.
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when
it shall be?
8 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.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is
done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over
another to his own hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the
place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they
had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do
evil.
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be
prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that
fear God, which fear before him:
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he
prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not
before God.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be
just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the
wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according
to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under
the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall
abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth
him under the sun.
16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business
that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor
night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the
work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek
it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man
think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized
Version
2.
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Synopsis of Ecclesiastes 8 |
The preacher begins this chapter with the praise of wisdom,
from its excellency and usefulness, Ecclesiastes 8:1;
and advises men, if they would live quietly and comfortably,
to honour and obey the king that rules over them, and not be
rebellious against him, since he has great power and
authority, Ecclesiastes 8:2;
and not be anxious about things to come, since there is a
set time for everything, and future things cannot be known
nor frustrated; and, particularly, there is no avoiding the
hour and stroke of death, Ecclesiastes 8:6;
Though there are times wherein wicked men rule over others,
it is to their own hurt, and they must die; and though they
may be pompously buried, yet are soon forgotten,
Ecclesiastes 8:9;
and the reason of their insolence is the delay of justice;
yet there will come a time when it shall be well with them
that fear God, and ill with the wicked, though they may live
long in wickedness; and for the present it may befall good
then what wicked men deserve, and wicked men may have that
which might, be thought more proper for good men,
Ecclesiastes 8:11;
wherefore this should give no uneasiness; but men should
cheerfully and freely enjoy what they have with
thankfulness, there being nothing better than that under the
sun, Ecclesiastes 8:15;
and the chapter is concluded with observing the
unsearchableness of divine Providence, Ecclesiastes 5:16.
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