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Keep the King’s Command
1 Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. 3 Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. 4 For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?” 5 Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way. 6 For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him. 7 For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? 8 No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. 9 All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.
Those Who Fear God Will Do Well
10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Man Cannot Know God’s Ways
14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15 And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one’s eyes see sleep, 17 then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out. — Ecclesiastes 8 | English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross References: Genesis 47:9; Exodus 1:20; Exodus 22:11; Exodus 34:29; Deuteronomy 4:40; 2 Samuel 21:7; Job 9:12; Job 14:2; Job 21:7; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 49:7; Psalm 73:3; Psalm 73:16; Proverbs 10:7; Proverbs 12:21; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 1:13-14; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 3:16-17; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Daniel 4:35; Romans 2:4; Romans 11:33; Romans 13:5; 2 Peter 3:9
Ecclesiastes 8 Study Bible
Obey the King
1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 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: 13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 17 then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. — Ecclesiastes 8 | Authorized King James Version (AKJV) The Holy Bible: Authorized King James Version; Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 47:9; Exodus 1:20; Exodus 22:11; Exodus 34:29; Deuteronomy 4:40; 2 Samuel 21:7; Job 9:12; Job 14:2; Job 21:7; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 49:7; Psalm 73:3; Psalm 73:16; Proverbs 10:7; Proverbs 12:21; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 1:13-14; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 3:16-17; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Daniel 4:35; Romans 2:4; Romans 11:33; Romans 13:5; 2 Peter 3:9
Ecclesiastes 8 | The Mystery of God’s Timing and the Limits of Human Wisdom
ECCLESIASTES S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 8
Friday, 5/2/25
SCRIPTURE:
I observed all the work of God—that no one can grasp what happens under the sun. Those who strive to know can’t grasp it. Even the wise who are set on knowing are unable to grasp it. ~ Ecclesiastes 8:17
OBSERVATION:
All the work of God:
His ways - unknowable...
His mercy - impossible to imagine...
His grace - beyond understanding...
His love - Jesus
APPLICATION:
Observe the work of God...
Give thanks for all of His work...
Live and lean into His work...
PRAYER:
Working Father God - may I be forgiven for failing to see all the ways You are at work in and around me - for focusing what I try to do and for being distracted into willfully doing for myself what You have readily at hand if I will only pause and seek You - Thank You for Your grace shown my Your mercy and lovingkindness through Jesus - In His Name, and always for Your glory and worshipful praise...
Leaning in...
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Learning to Trust the Ways of God
Learning to Trust the Ways of God
9 All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt. 10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set…
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Without God, Even the Wise Become Fools
Without God, Even the Wise Become Fools
1 Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. 2 I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. 3 Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. 4 For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him,…
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Pastor's Letter - May 20, 2020 - Time and Judgment
Pastor’s Letter – May 20, 2020 – Time and Judgment
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Dear Church and Friends,
When we experience troublesome times we often respond from our emotions. We shoot from the hip and never take time to consider what is going on around us, not to mention why.
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