伝道者の書 8:6-8 JCB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:6

Because, therefore - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.”The possibility of God’s time and judgment being in opposition to a king’s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:7

When - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references. read more

Albert Barnes

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

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.”Wickedness - Though the life of the wicked may be prolonged Ecclesiastes 7:15, yet wickedness itself has no inherent power to prolong that life. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 8:6-7

Ecclesiastes 8:6-7. 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 Ecclesiastes 3:1. Therefore the misery of man is great Because there are few who have wisdom to discern this, most men expose themselves to manifold miseries. For he knoweth not that which shall be Men are generally ignorant of future events, and of the success of their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 8:8

Ecclesiastes 8:8. 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 man’s misery. Neither hath he power in the day of death Or, against the day, that is, to avoid, or delay that day; and there is no discharge As there is in other wars; in that war In that fatal conflict between life and death, when a man is struggling with death, though to no... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17

Compromise, despair and joy (8:1-17)Wisdom helps people see the underlying meaning of things and teaches them that to act with pleasantness is better than to act with harshness (8:1). If, for example, people work in the king’s palace, they will do what the king says, partly because they have sworn before God to be obedient and partly because they will be punished if they disobey. But if they find the king’s command unreasonable, wisdom will show them a way out. They will wait for a suitable... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 8:6

purpose. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1 . there is = there exists. Hebrew. yesh. therefore the misery = when the evil. great = heavy. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 8:8

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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:6

REGARDING THE PROBLEM OF ANXIETY"For to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him; for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell how it shall be? There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.""The misery of man is great ... for he knoweth not that which shall be" (Ecclesiastes... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:8

Ecclesiastes 8:8. 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 admitted during the battle. Desvoeux; who remarks, that if ancient interpreters had plainly and literally translated the first clause, No man hath power over the wind to confine the wind, no one would now imagine that any thing else beside the wind and storms were here mentioned by... read more