Ecclesiastes 9:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

All things come alike to all; the good and evil things of this world do equally happen to good and bad men. The clean; either,

1. Morally clean or holy men. Or,

2. Legally, who made conscience of keeping himself pure from all legal defilements, according to the law then in force, and consequently from all other sins upon the same ground. That sacrificeth; that worshippeth God sincerely, though it be to his cost. As is the good, so is the sinner, as to all outward things. That sweareth, to wit, customarily, unnecessarily, rashly, without due consideration and reverence, or falsely and wickedly. For otherwise that some swearing was then allowed, and in some cases required, none do or can deny. That feareth an oath; who is afraid of offending God, or abusing his name, by vain, or rash, or false oaths.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.