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Ecclesiastes 4:13

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Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking

4:13 A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king

who no longer knows how to receive advice.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

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6:8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? 1 

And what advantage 2  does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? 3 

Ecclesiastes 8:5

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8:5 Whoever obeys his 4  command will not experience harm,

and a wise person 5  knows the proper time 6  and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Context

12:11 The words of the sages are like prods, 7 

and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails;

they are given by one shepherd.

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[6:8]  1 sn So what advantage does the wise man have over a fool? The rhetorical question in Hebrew implies a negative answer: the wise man has no absolute advantage over a fool in the sense that both will share the same fate: death. Qoheleth should not be misunderstood here as denying that wisdom has no relative advantage over folly; elsewhere he affirms that wisdom does yield some relative benefits in life (7:1-22). However, wisdom cannot deliver one from death.

[6:8]  2 sn As in the preceding parallel line, this rhetorical question implies a negative answer (see the note after the word “fool” in the preceding line).

[6:8]  3 tn Heb “ What to the pauper who knows to walk before the living”; or “how to get along in life.”

[8:5]  1 tn The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

[8:5]  2 tn Heb “the heart of a wise man.”

[8:5]  3 tn The term עֵת (’et, “time”) connotes “a proper, suitable time for an event; the right moment” (HALOT 900 s.v. עֵת 6; BDB 773 s.v. עֵת 2.b); e.g., “it was the time for rain” (Ezra 10:13); “a time of judgment for the nations” (Ezek 30:3); “there is an appropriate time for every occasion” (Eccl 3:1); “the time when mountain goats are born” (Job 39:1); “the rain in its season” (Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24); “the time for the harvest” (Hos 2:11; Ps 1:3); “food in its season” (Ps 104:27).

[12:11]  1 tn Or “goads”; NCV “sharp sticks used to guide animals.” For further information see M. A. Fishbane, Biblical Interpretation, 29–32.



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