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Ecclesiastes 8:1 open_in_new
as. like.
who... ? Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), from the preceding line: "Who [is like him that] knoweth? "
interpretation. understanding.
wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 8:1; Proverbs 8:2.
boldness. sternness.
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Ecclesiastes 8:2 open_in_new
I counsel thee: or. say, then, in regard of-on account of.
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Ecclesiastes 8:3 open_in_new
stand not. do not take thy stand. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulg, read, "and stand not".
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Ecclesiastes 8:4 open_in_new
power. might, or control. Hebrew. shilton. Occurs only here and in Ecclesiastes 8:8.
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Ecclesiastes 8:5 open_in_new
feel. know.
evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'.
time and judgment. a time, yea,. judgment time. Figure of speech Hendiadys. App-6.
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Ecclesiastes 8:6 open_in_new
purpose. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1.
there is. there exists. Hebrew. yesh.
therefore the misery. when the evil.
great. heavy.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8 open_in_new
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. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. Perhaps here. cunning: no cunning will save the wicked.
those that are given to it. its possessors.
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Ecclesiastes 8:9 open_in_new
under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3.
there is. time wherein. sometimes.
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Ecclesiastes 8:10 open_in_new
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.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12 open_in_new
days. Supply the Ellipsis by "evil-doing".
God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.). the [true] God: the Deity.
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Ecclesiastes 8:14 open_in_new
upon the earth. See note on Ecclesiastes 5:2.
just. righteous.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16 open_in_new
business. travail.
for also there is, &c.. how that one doth not see sleep with his eyes by day or by night. Figure of speech Catachresis (App-6).