WHEN - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references....
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)...
MAXIMS ON WISDOM AND GOVERNMENT. Ecclesiastes 8:1. Wisdom (like prayer and self-sacrifice; _cf._ Luke 9:29) transfigures the countenance, it takes the hardness or coarseness out of the face. Ecclesia...
_For he knoweth not that which shall be_ The subject of the sentence is apparently the wicked and tyrannous ruler. He goes on with infatuated blindness to the doom that lies before him. The same thoug...
C. ADMONITIONS TO USE WISDOM IN THE WORK OF SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE 8:19:18 1. Work in submission to the king. Ecclesiastes 8:1-8 TEXT 8:1-8 1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the inter...
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? FOR (HEBREW, kiy (H3588 ), AS BEFORE: BECAUSE) HE KNOWETH - an exemplification of man's "great misery" (Ecclesiastes 8...
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...
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...
כִּֽי ־אֵינֶ֥נּוּ יֹדֵ֖עַ מַה ־שֶּׁ יִּֽהְיֶ֑ה...
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
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
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...
_Past. Protestants and Septuagint, "that shall be." (Haydock)_...
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) Whe...
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...
FOR HE KNOWETH NOT THAT WHICH SHALL BE,.... Or that "it shall be" b; that he ever shall have the opportunity again he has lost, nor what is to come hereafter; what shall be on the morrow, or what shal...
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Ver. 7. _For he knoweth not that which shall be._] Man's misery is the greater because he cannot foresee to prevent it;...
_Because to every purpose there is a time_, &c. There is a fit way and season for the accomplishment of every business, which is known to God, but for the most part hidden from man. See notes on Eccle...
For he knoweth not that which shall be, since he neglected to heed the warning and did not properly weigh the consequences of his acts; FOR WHO CAN TELL HIM WHEN IT SHALL BE? The destiny of the judgme...
IN CIVIL RELATIONS...
WHEN IT SHALL BE?: Or, how it shall be?...
"IF NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WHO CAN TELL HIM WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN?" Points To Note: 1 Once again we are confronted with the point that no human being can predict the future, or even the timing...
6-8 God has, in wisdom, kept away from us the knowledge of future events, that we may be always ready for changes. We must all die, no flight or hiding-place can save us, nor are there any weapons of...
Men are generally ignorant of all future events, and of the success of their endeavours, and therefore their minds are greatly disquieted, and their expectations frequently disappointed, and they fall...
Ecclesiastes 8:7 know H3045 (H8802) tell H5046 (H8686) he knoweth - Ecclesiastes 6:12,...
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...
ADVICE WITH REGARD TO A WISE MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY IN SERVING THE KING (ECCLESIASTES 8:1). We must not interpret these verses without regard to what we know about this king. His instruction will surely...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 8:6. THEREFORE.] Best rendered by _Although_. The meaning is, that notwithstanding the present misery of man, in the ways of Providence towards him, there are appointed...
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 Thessalonians 5:1; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 9:12;...
For — Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted....