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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 8:12 - Darby
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 8:12 |
Darby |
Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him; |
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King James |
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
He says this, lest the sinner should abuse the statement (Ecc 7:15), "A wicked man prolongeth his life."
before him--literally, "at His presence"; reverently serve Him, realizing His continual presence. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
His days be prolonged - i. e., in his wickedness Ecc 8:8.
"I" is emphatic, as if to mark the opposition to the "sons of men" Ecc 8:11. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
fear
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Though a sinner do evil a hundred times - If God bear so long with a transgressor, waiting in his longsuffering for him to repent and turn to him, surely he will be peculiarly kind to them that fear him, and endeavor to walk uprightly before him. |
15 All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
8 There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether: