Ecclesiastes 8:6

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. BECAUSE TO EVERY PURPOSE (HEBREW, cheepets (H2656 ): DESIRE) THERE IS TIME AND JUDGMENT - because the foolish sinner does not think of the right "times" and the "judgment." But the repetition of the same words as in Ecclesiastes 8:5 shows the connection of this verse with it. The wise discern the coming time of God's judgment and take courage; 'because to every desire' of the saint for the establishment of the kingdom of God and the downfall of the present state of sin and sorrow, there is the coming time of the just retribution; 'inasmuch as'-`because (not "therefore," as the English version; the same Hebrew, Ki, as before) ma...

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 effectual resistance. Ninety thousand die every day, upwards of sixty every minute, and one every moment. How solemn the thought! Oh that men were wise, that they understood these things, that they would consider their latter end! The believer alone is prepared to meet the solemn summons. Wickedness, by which men often escape human justice, cannot secure from death....

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:6. _TO EVERY PURPOSE THERE IS TIME_] חפץ _chaphets_, every _volition_, every thing that _depends on the will of man_. He has generally the _opportunity_ to do whatever he purposes; and as his purposes are frequently evil, his acts are so too: and in consequence his misery is great....

BECAUSE, THEREFORE - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.” The possibility of God’s time and judgment being in opposition to a king’s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind)....

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...

BECAUSE TO EVERY PURPOSE THERE IS TIME AND JUDGMENT,.... There is a fit season, and a right and proper manner of doing everything that is to be done; see Ecclesiastes 3:1; which a wise man discerns; and which when a man hits upon, it prevents a great deal of mischief, which for want of it comes upon men, as the following clause shows; some refer this to the punishment of the wicked, and to a future judgment. So the Targum, "to every business there is a time good and evil, and according to the judgment of truth the whole world is judged;'' and to the same purpose Jarchi, "there is a time fixed for the visitation of the wicked, and there is judgment before the Lord; this is vengeance or punishment;'' THEREFORE THE MISERY OF MAN [IS] GREAT UPON HIM; he not observing the right time and manner of doing what he ought, brings much tro

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

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. Ecclesiastes 8:2. Honour the king, remembering his Divine appointment and the oath taken at his coronation; do not rashly leave his service or rebel against him. Or we may (so LXX) connect Ecclesiastes 8:2_ b_ with Ecclesiastes 8:3, but where an oath of God is in question be not hasty (_i.e._ in obeying the king); go

PURPOSE. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1. THERE IS. there exists. Hebrew. _yesh._ THEREFORE THE MISERY. when the evil. GREAT. heavy....

_Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore_ The English conjunctions misrepresent the sequence of thought, and we should read " FOR to every purpose there is time and judgment, FOR the misery (or, better, _the wickedness_) of man …" The wise man waits for the time of judgment, for he knows that such a time must come, and that the evil of the man (_i.e._of the tyrant) is great upon him, weighs on him as a burden under which he must at last sink. This seems the most natural and legitimate interpretation, but the sentence is obscure, and has been very differently interpreted. (1) The evil of man (of the oppressor) is heavy upon him (the oppressed). (2) Though there is a time and a judgment, yet the misery of man is great, because (as in the next verse) he knows not when it is to come....