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Prediger 8:6

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6 Denn für jede Sache gibt es eine Zeit und eine richterliche Entscheidung; denn das Unglück des Menschen lastet schwer auf ihm;

Prediger 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.''
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Prediger 8:6 In-Context

4 weil des Königs Wort eine Macht ist, und wer will zu ihm sagen: Was tust du?
5 Wer das Gebot hält, wird nichts Böses erfahren, und eines Weisen Herz kennt Zeit und richterliche Entscheidung.
6 Denn für jede Sache gibt es eine Zeit und eine richterliche Entscheidung; denn das Unglück des Menschen lastet schwer auf ihm;
7 denn er weiß nicht, was werden wird; denn wer sollte ihm kundtun, wie es werden wird?
8 Kein Mensch hat Macht über den Wind, den Wind zurückzuhalten; und niemand hat Macht über den Tag des Todes; und keine Entlassung gibt es im Kriege; und die Gesetzlosigkeit wird den nicht retten, der sie übt.
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