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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And, moreover, I saw under the sun the place of judgment, where the judges and rulers of men should dispense justice only, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there, perversion of justice by persons in authority being all too common.

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See also Ecclesiastes 3:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. _THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT_, THAT _WICKEDNESS_ WAS _THERE_] The abuse of power, and the perversion of judgment, have been justly complained of in every age of the world. The following paraphrase...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control Ecc...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_ 2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12) 3. Concerning judgment and the future ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MAN NO BETTER THAN THE BEASTS. Ecclesiastes 3:16. Both in the administration of the law and the observances of religion, wickedness is prevalent; righteousness is here equivalent to piety. Ecclesiast...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. INIQUITY. Same word as "wickedness" above. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I saw under the sun the place of judgment_ The Hebrew gives slightly different forms of the same noun, so as to gain the emphasis, without the monotony, of iteration, where the A.V. has the needless...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND MOREOVER, I SAW, &C.— _Moreover, I observed under the sun the place of judgment; there I saw iniquity: and the place of righteousness; there I saw wickedness._—Ver. 17. _Then I concluded in my hea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22 TEXT 3:9-22 9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10 I have...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT ... WICKEDNESS WAS THERE. Here a di...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, are al...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    M en wrest judgment; but God shall right all wrongs, though how, is beyond our ken. 16, 17. The judges of his time troubled the writer. Yet in GOD'S purposes, either here or in the future, unrighteou...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    This verse introduces the consideration of the difficulty arising from the imperfection of moral retribution in this life. Other places where the iniquity of judges is mentioned are Ecclesiastes 4:1;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עֹ֥וד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַ שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְקֹ֤

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    AND BY HUMAN INJUSTICE AND PERVERSITY. Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1 But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our labours thwarted by the gracious, inflexible laws of the just God;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MOREOVER I SAW UNDER THE SUN THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT,.... Courts of judicature, where judges sit, and, causes are brought before them, and are heard and tried; such as were the Jewish sanhedrim, of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. Ver. 16. _The place of judgment, that wickedness wa...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And moreover_, &c. This is another argument of the vanity of worldly things, and a hinderance of that comfort which men expect in this life, because they are oppressed by their rulers. _I saw the pla...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "FURTHERMORE,. HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN THAT IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE THERE IS WICKEDNESS, AND IN THE PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THERE IS WICKEDNESS."IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE" -in the place where justice is...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-22 Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that aside, and judges will not use their power well. And there is another Judge that stands before the door. With God there is a time for t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This is mentioned, either, 1. As another vanity, to wit, the vanity of honour and power, which is so oft an instrument of injustice and oppression. Or rather, 2. As another argument of the vanity of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 3:16 saw H7200 (H8804) sun H8121 place H4725 judgment H4941 Wickedness H7562 place H4725 righteousness...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INJUSTICE IS A BLOT ON GOD'S CREATION (ECCLESIASTES 3:16). The consequence of his awareness of everlastingness, and of his subsequent recognition that justice is not being achieved, is that he become...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 1:12-3 Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could not have been greater, he considers, had h...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness and unsearchableness of the divine counsels. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:16 Second Catalog of “Vanities.” The Preacher returns to examining more of life’s vanities. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 3:18. THAT GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM.] The disorders of the present are permitted to the end that God might test, or prove, men. _That they themselves are beasts_. Not in r...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 3:1 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence arranges even the minutest concerns;...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was mono...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:9; Acts 23:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isa

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Moreover — This is another argument of the vanity of worldly things, and an hindrance of that comfort which men expect in this life, because they are oppressed by their rulers. Judgment — ln the thron...

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