Eclesiastes 8:6

6 Porque para todo propósito há tempo e juízo; porquanto a miséria do homem pesa sobre ele.

Eclesiastes 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:6

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment
There is a fit season, and a right and proper manner of doing everything that is to be done; see ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ) ; which a wise man discerns; and which when a man hits upon, it prevents a great deal of mischief, which for want of it comes upon men, as the following clause shows; some refer this to the punishment of the wicked, and to a future judgment. So the Targum,

``to every business there is a time good and evil, and according to the judgment of truth the whole world is judged;''

and to the same purpose Jarchi,

``there is a time fixed for the visitation of the wicked, and there is judgment before the Lord; this is vengeance or punishment;''

therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him;
he not observing the right time and manner of doing what he ought, brings much trouble upon himself; his days are few and full trouble, and every day has a sufficiency of evil in because of the evil of sin, the evil of misery presses upon him, and is a heavy burden on him Jarchi's note is,

``when the wickedness of a man is great, then cometh his visitation.''

Eclesiastes 8:6 In-Context

4 Porque a palavra do rei é suprema; e quem lhe dirá: que fazes?

5 Quem guardar o mandamento não experimentará nenhum mal; e o coração do sábio discernirá o tempo e o juízo.

6 Porque para todo propósito há tempo e juízo; porquanto a miséria do homem pesa sobre ele.

7 Porque não sabe o que há de suceder; pois quem lho dará a entender como há de ser?

8 Nenhum homem há que tenha domínio sobre o espírito, para o reter; nem que tenha poder sobre o dia da morte; nem há licença em tempo de guerra; nem tampouco a impiedade livrará aquele que a ela está entregue.