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Text -- Ecclesiastes 3:13-22 (NET)

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3:13 and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
God’s Sovereignty
3:14 I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him. 3:15 Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.
The Problem of Injustice and Oppression
3:16 I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness. 3:17 I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed. 3:18 I also thought to myself, “It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals. 3:19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting. 3:20 Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return. 3:21 Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth? 3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?
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NET Notes: Ecc 3:13 Heb “for it.” The referent of the 3rd person feminine singular independent person pronoun (“it”) is probably the preceding sta...

NET Notes: Ecc 3:15 The phrase “in the past” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Ecc 3:16 Or “righteousness.”

NET Notes: Ecc 3:17 The phrase “a time of judgment” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Ecc 3:18 The two infinitives לְבָרָם (lÿvaram, “to make it clear to them”) and וְל...

NET Notes: Ecc 3:19 Heb “of the sons of man.”

NET Notes: Ecc 3:21 Heb “the spirit of the sons of man.”

NET Notes: Ecc 3:22 Heb “what will be after him” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV) or “afterward” (cf. NJPS).

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