“ For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? ”
When - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references.
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....
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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" (...
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 a...
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown 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. Th...
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) Wh...
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 s...
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...
The Certainty of Death. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great u...
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 fal...
Advice With Regard to a Wise Man's Responsibility in Serving the King ( Ecclesiastes 8:1-9 ). We must not interpret these verses without regard to what we know about this king. His instruction wil...
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 appoi...
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...
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 a...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 8:1-21 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 Providenc...
In Civil Relations
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 ; Ecclesiastes 10:14 ; Ecclesiastes 6:12 ; Ecclesiastes 9:12 ; Matthew 24:44 ; Matthew 24:50 ; Matthew 25:6-13 ; Proverbs 24:22 ; Proverbs 29:1
For — Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted.