Face. If God shew such clemency to the wicked, will he disregard his servants? Greek interpreters have read in a different meaning. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the sinner has done evil from that time, and for a long while," (Tirinus) &c. See St. Jerome. (Haydock)
Verse Ecclesiastes 8:12. _THOUGH A SINNER DO EVIL A HUNDRED TIMES_] If God bear so long with a transgressor, waiting in his longsuffering for him to repent and turn to him, surely he will be peculiarl...
HIS DAYS BE PROLONGED - i. e., in his wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:8. “I” is emphatic, as if to mark the opposition to the “sons of men” Ecclesiastes 8:11....
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Prudence before kings (Ecclesiastes 8:1)_ 2. Of the righteous and the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:11) 3. The conclusion (Ecclesiastes 8:14)...
THE ONE END OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. The good are soon forgotten, the wicked enjoy honour and long life; the best thing a man can do is to enjoy life while he has it. Ecclesiastes 8:10 is...
DAYS. Supply the Ellipsis by "evil-doing". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: the Deity....
_Though a sinner do evil an hundred times_ The definite number is used, of course, as in Proverbs 17:10; or the "hundred years" of Isaiah 65:20; or the "seventy times seven" of Matthew 18:22, for the...
DISCOURSE: 839 THE BLESSEDNESS OF FEARING GOD Ecclesiastes 8:12. _Surely I know that it shall be well with them which fear God_. NOTHING certain can be determined respecting God’s favour from the out...
THOUGH A SINNER DO EVIL AN HUNDRED TIMES— _Because the sinner dieth committing evil, even from the delays granted to him; thus I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, who will continue t...
2. Work even when one discovers the oppression of the righteous. Ecclesiastes 8:9-13 TEXT 8:9-13 9 All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a...
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: THOUGH A SINNER DO EVIL AN HUNDRED TIME...
KINGS'COURTS NEED WARY WALKING 1-17. Be discreet in relation with a ruler. God's purpose must be carried out. His rule must be righteous, though this is often not seen in actual life. God's ways are...
I KNOW THAT IT SHALL BE WELL] The writer, after all, is one of those who 'keep' (or at any rate revert) 'to the sunny side of doubt.' The rule of final justice, he says, must hold. 14, 15. But now it...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 8 THE WISE WAY TO OBEY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY – ECCLESIASTES 8:1-9...
THOUGH. — Better, _Because;_ the first part of this verse being in continuation of the preceding. The latter part of the verse states the faith which the writer holds in spite of apparent contrary exp...
אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֹטֶ֗א עֹשֶׂ֥ה רָ֛ע מְאַ֖ת וּ מַאֲרִ֣
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
Ecclesiastes 8:1 THE QUEST IN THE GOLDEN MEAN. Ecclesiastes 7:1; Ecclesiastes 8:1 There be many that say, "Who will show us any gold?" mistaking gold for their god or good. For though th
In this division, dealing with the evidences of the vanity of life, the preacher sets forth certain deductions. The highest wisdom is submission to things as they are. Who knows anything? he asks. The...
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 p...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
THOUGH A SINNER DO EVIL AN HUNDRED TIMES,.... That is ever so many times, a certain number for an uncertain; though he lives in a continued course of sin, being resolved upon the above consideration t...
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: Ver. 12. _Though a sinner doth evil an h...
_Though a sinner do evil a hundred times_ Frequently, and innumerably; _and his days be prolonged_ The time of his life and prosperity; _yet it shall be well with them that fear God_ This implies both...
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, so that, to all intents, he is safe in his sinning, YET SURELY I KNOW, in spite of the apparent evidence to the contrary, THAT IT S...
OVER AGAINST TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE...
"ALTHOUGH. SINNER DOES EVIL. HUNDRED TIMES AND MAY LENGTHEN HIS LIFE, STILL. KNOW THAT IT WILL BE WELL FOR THOSE WHO FEAR GOD, WHO FEAR HIM OPENLY."AND MAY LENGTHEN HIS LIFE" -"may sin repeatedly and...
9-13 Solomon observed, that many a time one man rules over another to his hurt, and that prosperity hardens them in their wickedness. Sinners herein deceive themselves. Vengeance comes slowly, but it...
AN HUNDRED TIMES; frequently and innumerably. HIS DAYS; the time of his life and prosperity. IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEM THAT FEAR GOD; whereby he implies, both that good men might for a time suffer gr...
Ecclesiastes 8:12 sinner H2398 (H8802) does H6213 (H8802) evil H7451 hundred H3967 prolonged H748 (H8688) k
THE PROBLEM OF THE WICKED WHO DIE UNPUNISHED (ECCLESIASTES 8:10). The writer now turns to consideration of how and why the wicked die unpunished, and the fact that justice is only carelessly applied,...
CHAPTER 8 ADVICE WITH REGARD TO SERVING THE KING. THE PROBLEM OF THE DEATH OF THE WICKED. His survey now digresses to consider a wise man's responsibility when serving the king, followed by a number...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Ecclesiastes 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a better, but failed to reach it: "I said, I will be wis...
CONTENTS: Wisdom recommended as an antidote against the temptations and vexations arising from the vanity of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Heavenly wisdom makes a man a good man, e...
Ecclesiastes 8:1. _Who is as the wise man; and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?_ In the Vulgate these two questions end the seventh chapter, to which they evidently belong. Placing them at t...
_Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God._ THE CHRISTIAN’S WELFARE CERTIFIED In this verse the character and condition of sinners are contrasted with those of the righteous. H...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 8:10 The Preacher has already pointed out that people do not always get what they deserve in this life (Ecclesiastes 3:16;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 8:9. THERE IS A TIME WHEN ONE MAN RULETH OVER ANOTHER TO HIS OWN HURT.] This was the definite direction of the Preacher’s observations. He tried to discover what were th...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 8:1 Section 5. There is no use in repining or rebelling; _true wisdom counsels obedience to the powers that be_,_ and submission to the dispensations of Providence_._ _Howeve...
Who 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. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandmen...
1 Chronicles 16:30; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 22:34;...
Are the lives of the wicked prolonged or shortened? PROBLEM: According to this verse, “the sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged” (cf. Job 21:7). Yet elsewhere the Bible says, “...