Ecclesiastes 8:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no dischargeb in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. ”

• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Neither hath he power - Rather: “and there is no power.” Compare Ecclesiastes 3:19 . No discharge ... - i. e., “No exemption from the final hour of struggle between life and death.” Wicke...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  [There is] no man that hath power (g) over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver th...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Some render "wind" and refer to Ecclesiastes 11:5 . Proverbs 8:30 ; Proverbs 8:4 . discharge in that war . no furlough in the battle [of life]. wickedness....

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  There is no man that hath power over the spirit— No man is absolute commander over the wind to retain the wind; and there is no commander against the day of death; and there is no embassy to be ad...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Spirit. — As has been remarked in similar cases, the translation “wind” is possible; but the rendering of the whole verse as given in our version seems to me as good as any that it has been propose...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ,.... Which is not to be understood of the wind, which the word used sometimes signifies, and of men's having no power to restr...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ecclesiastes 8:8 [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wicked...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  No man hath power over the spirit That is, over the soul of man; to retain the spirit To keep it in the body beyond the time which God hath allotted to it. This is added as another evidence of ma...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Certainty of Death.       6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great u...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The spirit, i.e. the soul of man, which is oft called a spirit, as Job 7:7 , Job 10:12 Psalms 78:39 , Psalms 104:29 , &c. To retain the spirit; to keep it in the body beyond the time w...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

  There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit. Death an unpreventable exit of the spirit 1. It is implied that man has a spirit. 2. Man’s power over his spirit is not...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  In Civil Relations

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:43 ; 2 Corinthians 13:4 ; 2 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Samuel 14:14 ; Deuteronomy 20:1-8 ; Ecclesiastes 3:21 ; Hebrews 9:27 ; Isaiah 28:15 ; Isaiah 28:18 ; Job 14:5 ; Job 34:14 ; Pro...

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• Ecclesiastes 8:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  To retain — To keep it in the body. This is added as another evidence of man's misery. No discharge — In that fatal conflict between life and death, when a man is struggling with death, though to n...

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