Eclesiastés 8:11

11 Cuando no se castiga enseguida un delito, la gente siente que no hay peligro en cometer maldades.

Eclesiastés 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence [against] an evil work is not executed
speedily
Any evil work done by magistrates, or others, against which the wrath of God is revealed from heaven, and is threatened with his vengeance; the decree is gone forth, the sentence is passed, God is determined upon punishment; but there is a delay of it, he exercises patience and longsuffering to answer some end of his, both towards his own people and the wicked; as well as to display some of his own perfections; but because so it is, the judgment comes not at once; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do
evil;
or their "heart is full to do evil" ^F14; they have not only a fulness of sin in them naturally as is in every man's heart; but they are filled with resolution, boldness, and courage, to commit sin, promising themselves impurity from the seeming delay of justice; such an abuse do they make of the patience and forbearance of God; they become more and more hardened in sin and bent upon the commission of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (er twvel alm) "plenum ad faciendum malum", Pagninus, Montanus; "praegnano ad faciendum malum", Gussetius, p. 469.

Eclesiastés 8:11 In-Context

9 El malvado y el justo
He reflexionado mucho acerca de todo lo que ocurre bajo el sol, donde las personas tienen poder para herirse unas a otras.

10 He visto que hay malvados que reciben honores en su entierro. Sin embargo, eran los mismos que frecuentaban el templo, ¡y hoy se les alaba
en la misma ciudad donde cometieron sus delitos! Eso tampoco tiene sentido.

11 Cuando no se castiga enseguida un delito, la gente siente que no hay peligro en cometer maldades.

12 Sin embargo, aunque una persona peque cien veces y siga gozando de muchos años de vida, yo sé que les irá mejor a los que temen a Dios.

13 Los malvados no prosperarán, porque no temen a Dios. Sus días nunca se prolongarán, como lo hacen las sombras del anochecer.