What does Ecclesiastes 3:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there."
Verse 16. _THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT_, THAT _WICKEDNESS_ WAS _THERE_] The abuse of power, and the perversion of judgment, have been justly complained of in every age of the world. The following paraphrase...
That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control Ecc...
2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_ 2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12) 3. Concerning judgment and the future (Ecclesiastes...
MAN NO BETTER THAN THE BEASTS. Ecclesiastes 3:16. Both in the administration of the law and the observances of religion, wickedness is prevalent; righteousness is here equivalent to piety. Ecclesias...
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. INIQUITY. Same word as "wickedness" above. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6)....
_I saw under the sun the place of judgment_ The Hebrew gives slightly different forms of the same noun, so as to gain the emphasis, without the monotony, of iteration, where the A.V. has the needless...
AND MOREOVER, I SAW, &C.— _Moreover, I observed under the sun the place of judgment; there I saw iniquity: and the place of righteousness; there I saw wickedness._—Ver. 17. _Then I concluded in my hea...
2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22 TEXT 3:9-22 9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10 I have...
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT ... WICKEDNESS WAS THERE. Here a d...
THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, are a...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8 V1 Everything has its proper time. There i...
This verse introduces the consideration of the difficulty arising from the imperfection of moral retribution in this life. Other places where the iniquity of judges is mentioned are Ecclesiastes 4:1;...
וְ עֹ֥וד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַ שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְקֹ֤ום הַ מִּשְׁפָּט֙ שָׁ֣מָּה הָ רֶ֔שַׁע וּ מְקֹ֥ום...
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...
The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and...
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...
AND MOREOVER I SAW UNDER THE SUN THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT,.... Courts of judicature, where judges sit, and, causes are brought before them, and are heard and tried; such as were the Jewish sanhedrim, of...
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. Ver. 16. _The place of judgment, that wickedness wa...
_And moreover_, &c. This is another argument of the vanity of worldly things, and a hinderance of that comfort which men expect in this life, because they are oppressed by their rulers. _I saw the pla...
THE NATURE OF HUMAN HAPPINESS...
"FURTHERMORE,. HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN THAT IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE THERE IS WICKEDNESS, AND IN THE PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THERE IS WICKEDNESS."IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE" -in the place where justice is...
16-22 Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that aside, and judges will not use their power well. And there is another Judge that stands before the door. With God there is a time for t...
This is mentioned, either, 1. As another vanity, to wit, the vanity of honour and power, which is so oft an instrument of injustice and oppression. Or rather, 2. As another argument of the vanity of...
Ecclesiastes 3:16 saw H7200 (H8804) sun H8121 place H4725 judgment H4941 Wickedness H7562 place H4725 righteousness H6664 Iniquity H7562 Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8; 1 Kings 21:9-21; P
INJUSTICE IS A BLOT ON GOD'S CREATION (ECCLESIASTES 3:16). The consequence of his awareness of everlastingness, and of his subsequent recognition that justice is not being achieved, is that he become...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-3 Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could not have been greater, he considers, had h...
CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness and unsearchableness of the divine counsels. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...
Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:16 Second Catalog of “Vanities.” The Preacher returns to examining more of life’s vanities. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 3:18. THAT GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM.] The disorders of the present are permitted to the end that God might test, or prove, men. _That they themselves are beasts_. Not in...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 3:1 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence arranges even the minutest concerns;...
Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was mono...
1 Kings 21:9; Acts 23:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 59:14; James 2:6; Micah 2:2; Micah 7:3; Matthew 26:59; Psalms 58:1;...
Moreover — This is another argument of the vanity of worldly things, and an hindrance of that comfort which men expect in this life, because they are oppressed by their rulers. Judgment — ln the thron...