Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
B. God’s Inscrutable Plan chs. 7-8Solomon proceeded in this section to focus on the comprehensive plan of God: His decree. His point was that we cannot fathom it completely. read more
Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13 Kjv
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 8:10-14
There are two apparent inequities in Ecclesiastes 8:10. First, the wicked get an honorable burial. Second, people soon forget the godly. These verses provide instances of exceptions to the retribution doctrine. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 8:10-17
The limitations of Wisdom 8:10-17Wisdom can enable a person to avoid the king’s wrath (Ecclesiastes 8:2-9), but it cannot enable him or her to understand fully why God deals with people as He does (Ecclesiastes 8:10-17). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
Kings’Courts Need Wary Walking1-17. 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 are just, and past finding out.The writer now enters on a subject which it would not have been wise to treat too plainly, viz. the need of showing tact in dealing with the arbitrary power of an absolute monarch. No part of the book is more decidedly at variance with the Solomonic authorship than this... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ecclesiastes 8:12
(12) Though.—Better, Because; the first part of this verse being in continuation of the preceding. The latter part of the verse states the faith which the writer holds in spite of apparent contrary experience. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
Ecclesiastes 8:8 Compare Ruskin's Time and Tide (Letter xxiv.) for an application of the words, There is no discharge in that war; also Kipling's The Five Nations, pp. 185 f. References. VIII. 8. S. H. Tying, American Pulpit of Today, vol. i. p. 623. VIII. 10. Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. iv. No. 200. Ecclesiastes 8:11 . Cf. Ecclesiastes 7:7 , etc. Swift once asked Delany whether the 'corruptions and villanies of men in power did not eat his flesh and exhaust his spirits?' 'No,' said Delany.... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 8:1-15
THIRD SECTIONThe Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29, and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the Chief Good is not to be found in that Devotion to the affairs of Business which was, and still is, characteristic of the Hebrew race. This devotion is commonly inspired either by the desire to amass great wealth, for the sake of the status, influence, and means of lavish enjoyment it is assumed to confer;... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
; Ecclesiastes 8:1-17The Quest in the Golden Mean.Ecclesiastes 7:1-29; Ecclesiastes 8:1-15There be many that say, "Who will show us any gold?" mistaking gold for their god or good. For though there can be few in any age to whom great wealth is possible, there are many who crave it and believe that to have it is to possess the supreme felicity. It is not only the rich who "trust in riches." As a rule, perhaps, they trust in them less than the poor, since they have tried them, and know pretty... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
CHAPTER 8 1. Prudence before kings (Ecclesiastes 8:1-10 ) 2. Of the righteous and the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 ) 3. The conclusion (Ecclesiastes 8:14-17 ) Ecclesiastes 8:1-10 . What else had he seen? What were his further discoveries? He is still ardent in praising wisdom, though he had confessed “that it was far from him.” Wisdom makes the face to shine and the boldness of the face becomes changed. He cautions as to the governmental powers in the world, urges prudence and... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 8:12
12. He says this, lest the sinner should abuse the statement ( :-), "A wicked man prolongeth his life." before him—literally, "at His presence"; reverently serve Him, realizing His continual presence. read more