Ecclesiastes 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

In the day of prosperity be joyful Enjoy God's favours with thankfulness. In the day of adversity consider Namely, God's work, that it is his hand, and therefore submit to it: consider also why he sends it: for what sins, and with what design? God also hath set the one against the other Hath wisely ordained, that prosperity and adversity should succeed one another; that man should find nothing after him Or, rather, after it, as it may be rendered; that is, after his present condition, whether it be prosperous or afflictive: that no man might be able to foresee what shall befall him afterward; and therefore might live in a constant dependance upon God, and neither despair in trouble, nor be secure or presumptuous in prosperity.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath setf the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.