Text -- Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 (NET)

Wisdom Acknowledges God’s Orchestration of Life

7:13 Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent? 7:14 In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 7:14

¹ tn Heb “the day of good.”

² tn Heb “the day of evil.”

³ tn Less probable renderings of this line are “God hath made the one side by side with the other” (ASV) and “God has set the one alongside the other” (NEB).

⁴ tn Heb “anything after him.” This line is misinterpreted by several versions: “that man may not find against him any just complaint” (Douay); “consequently, man may find no fault with Him” (NJPS); “so that man cannot find fault with him in anything” (NAB).