Ecclesiastes 8:10

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. AND SO (OR, THEN) I SAW THE WICKED - (Ezekiel 32:23; ; .) The grave puts an end to the temporary oppression exercised by the wicked. WHO HAD COME - to the grave. AND GONE FROM THE PLACE OF THE HOLY - from the place of judicature, where they sat as God's representatives (Psalms 82:1). Joab, by Solomon's command, was sent to the grave from the "holy place" in the temple, which was not a sanctuary to murder...

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 comes surely. A good man's days have some substance; he lives to a good purpose: a wicked man's days are all as a shadow, empty and worthless. Let us pray that we may view eternal things as near, real, and all-important....

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:10. _WHO HAD COME AND GONE FROM THE PLACE OF THE HOLY_] The place of the holy is the sacred office which they held, _anointed_ either as _kings_ or _priests_ to God; and, not having fulfilled the holy office in a holy way, have been carried to their _graves_ without _lamentation_, and lie among the dead without remembrance....

i. e., “I saw wicked (rulers) buried, who came into the world and went from the Holy place (the seat of authority and justice, Deuteronomy 19:17; 2 Chronicles 19:6), and they were forgotten in the city where they had so ruled to the hurt of their subjects: this - their death and oblivion - shews their lot also to be vanity.” Others interpret the verse: “I have seen wicked men buried; and (others) came into the world, and from the Holy place they went out of the world, and were forgotten in the city where they had done rightly” (compare 2 Kings 7:9)....

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_._ _However oppressive a tyrant may prove sure retribution awaits him. ECCLESIASTES 8:1 WHO IS AS THE WISE MAN?_ i_._e_._ _Who is like, equal to, the wise man? The somewhat sudden question occurs naturally after the results of the search for wisdom mentioned at the end of the last chapter. The thought is not, as in Hosea 14:9 and...

AND SO I SAW THE WICKED BURIED,.... Or "truly" k, verily, as the Targum, this is matter of fact; or "then I saw", as Aben Ezra and others, upon applying his heart to every work; or when be observed particularly wicked magistrates, he took notice that some of them continued in their power until death, and died in their beds, and were carried to their graves in great pomp and state, and interred in a very magnificent manner, when they deserved no burial at all, but, as King Jeconiah, to be buried with the burial of an ass; WHO HAD COME AND GONE FROM THE PLACE OF THE HOLY; which most understand of the same persons, of wicked magistrates buried, who kept their posts of honour and places of power and authority as long as they lived; and went to and came from the courts of judicature and tribunals of justice, in great state and splendour; where they presided as God's vicegerents, and therefor...

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) Ecclesiastes 8:1. What else had he seen? What were his further discoveries? He is still ardent in praising wisdom, though he had confessed “that it was far from him.” Wisdom makes the face to shine and the boldness of the face becomes changed. He cautions as to the governmental powers in the world, urges prudence and submission. He is a keen observer. But nothing can deliver from the power of the grave. The tyrannic rul

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 difficult, MT is probably corrupt. RV is a fair attempt; others would emend so as to read, I saw the wicked buried, carried even from the sanctuary, and they used to go about and be praised in the city because they had done so (_i.e._ used their power to hurt others; _cf._ Ecclesiastes 8:9). This excludes all mention of the righteous and their shameful exclusion from the holy place, which in any case cannot be interpreted as consecrated burial ground. Ecclesiastes 8:12

I SAW. I have seen. THE WICKED. lawless men (plural) Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. COME AND GONE. Supply the complex Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "I have seen wicked men come [to the grave; and righteous men] depart [in death, Genesis 15:2] from the place of the holy, and be forgotten", &c....

_And so I saw the wicked buried_ The English version is scarcely intelligible, and as far as it is so, goes altogether astray. We must therefore begin with a new translation, AND SO I HAVE SEEN THE WICKED BURIED AND THEY WENT THEIR WAY (_i. e._died a natural death and were carried to the grave); BUT FROM THE HOLY PLACE THEY DEPARTED (_i. e._were treated with shame and contumely, in some way counted unholy and put under a ban), AND WERE FORGOTTEN IN THE CITY, EVEN SUCH AS ACTED RIGHTLY. The verse will require, however, some explanation in details. In the burial of the wicked we have a parallel to the pregnant significance of the word in the parable of Dives and Lazarus, where "the rich man died and was buried" (Luke 16:22). This, from the Jewish standpoint, was the fit close of a prosperous and honoured life (comp....