
Text -- Ecclesiastes 8:7 (NET)




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Wesley -> Ecc 8:7
Wesley: Ecc 8:7 - -- Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted.
Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted.
JFB -> Ecc 8:7
JFB: Ecc 8:7 - -- The sinner, by neglecting times (for example, "the accepted time, and the day of salvation, 2Co 6:2), is taken by surprise by the judgment (Ecc 3:22; ...
The sinner, by neglecting times (for example, "the accepted time, and the day of salvation, 2Co 6:2), is taken by surprise by the judgment (Ecc 3:22; Ecc 6:12; Ecc 9:12). The godly wise observe the due times of things (Ecc 3:1), and so, looking for the judgment, are not taken by surprise, though not knowing the precise "when" (1Th 5:2-4); they "know the time" to all saving purposes (Rom 13:11).
TSK -> Ecc 8:7

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Barnes -> Ecc 8:7
Barnes: Ecc 8:7 - -- When - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references.
When - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references.
Poole -> Ecc 8:7
Poole: Ecc 8:7 - -- Men are generally ignorant of all future events, and of the success of their endeavours, and therefore their minds are greatly disquieted, and their...
Men are generally ignorant of all future events, and of the success of their endeavours, and therefore their minds are greatly disquieted, and their expectations frequently disappointed, and they fall into many mistakes and miscarriages, which they could and would prevent if they did foresee the issues of things.
Who can tell him? no wise man, no astrologer or other artist, can discover this.
Haydock -> Ecc 8:7
Past. Protestants and Septuagint, "that shall be." (Haydock)
Gill -> Ecc 8:7
Gill: Ecc 8:7 - -- For he knoweth not that which shall be,.... Or that "it shall be" b; that he ever shall have the opportunity again he has lost, nor what is to come he...
For he knoweth not that which shall be,.... Or that "it shall be" b; that he ever shall have the opportunity again he has lost, nor what is to come hereafter; what shall be on the morrow, or what shall befall him in the remaining part of his days; what troubles and sorrows he shall meet with, or what will be the case and circumstances of his family after his death;
for who can tell him when it shall be? or "how it shall be" c? how it will be with him or his; no one that pretends to judicial astrology, or to the art of divination, or any such devices, can tell him what is to come; future things are only certainly known by God; none but he can tell what will certainly come to pass; see Ecc 3:22; Jarchi interprets it of a man's not considering for what God will bring him to judgment, and that no man can tell him the vengeance and punishment that will be inflicted.

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TSK Synopsis -> Ecc 8:1-17
TSK Synopsis: Ecc 8:1-17 - --1 True wisdom is modest.2 Kings are to be respected.6 Divine providence is to be observed.12 It is better with the godly in adversity, than with the w...
MHCC -> Ecc 8:6-8
MHCC: Ecc 8:6-8 - --God has, in wisdom, kept away from us the knowledge of future events, that we may be always ready for changes. We must all die, no flight or hiding-pl...
Matthew Henry -> Ecc 8:6-8
Matthew Henry: Ecc 8:6-8 - -- Solomon had said (Ecc 8:5) that a wise man's heart discerns time and judgment, that is, a man's wisdom will go a great way, by the blessing of God...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Ecc 8:7-8
Keil-Delitzsch: Ecc 8:7-8 - --
Ecc 8:7 and Ecc 8:8 thus continue the For and For : "For he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him who it will be? There is no man ...
Constable: Ecc 6:10--11:7 - --III. THE LIMITATIONS OF WISDOM 6:10--11:6
Clues in the text indicate the value and purpose of 6:10-11:6. The phr...

Constable: Ecc 7:1--8:17 - --B. God's Inscrutable Plan chs. 7-8
Solomon proceeded in this section to focus on the plan of God, His de...

Constable: Ecc 8:1-17 - --3. The value and limitations of wisdom ch. 8
This chapter begins by lauding wisdom (v. 1), and i...
