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Prediker 8:6

Listen to Prediker 8:6
6 Want een ieder voornemen heeft tijd en wijze, dewijl het kwaad des mensen veel is over hem.

Prediker 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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Prediker 8:6 In-Context

4 Waar het woord des konings is, daar is heerschappij; en wie zal tot hem zeggen: Wat doet gij?
5 Wie het gebod onderhoudt, zal niets kwaads gewaar worden; en het hart eens wijzen zal tijd en wijze weten.
6 Want een ieder voornemen heeft tijd en wijze, dewijl het kwaad des mensen veel is over hem.
7 Want hij weet niet, wat er geschieden zal; want wie zal het hem te kennen geven, wanneer het geschieden zal?
8 Er is geen mens, die heerschappij heeft over den geest, om den geest in te houden; en hij heeft geen heerschappij over den dag des doods; ook geen geweer in dezen strijd; ook zal de goddeloosheid haar meesters niet verlossen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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