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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in mine heart, in meditating upon a possible change in the unfortunate conditions obtaining, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, if not on this side of the grave, then in the last great Judgment; for there is a time there, in heaven above, for every purpose and for every work, for God is still supreme Sovereign in the universe.

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See also Ecclesiastes 3:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 17. _FOR_ THERE IS _A TIME THERE FOR EVERY PURPOSE_] Man has _his time_ here below, and God shall have _his time_ above. At his throne the judged shall be rejudged, and iniquity for ever close h...

  • 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

    THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'_ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _God shall judge the righteous and the wicked_ The words "I said in my heart" introduce this as the first thought that rises unbidden at the sight of the wrong-doing in the world. It was, as it were,...

  • 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

    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Solution. GOD SHALL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED: FOR (THE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:17 there (e-19) Many read 'for he has assigned a time.'...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    A TIME THERE — viz., with God. In this verse a judgment after this life is clearly spoken of, but not yet asserted as a conclusion definitely adopted, but only as a belief of the writer’s conflicting...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּ לִבִּ֔י אֶת ־הַ צַּדּ

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time (g) there for every purpose and for every work. (g) Meaning, with God, however man neglects his duty....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And then. Protestants, "for there is a time there (ver. 1.) for every purpose, and for every work." At the day of judgment all will receive their due. (Haydock)_...

  • 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

    I SAID IN MINE HEART, GOD SHALL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED,.... This he considered in his mind, and set it down for a certain truth, and which relieved him under the consideration of the sad p...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work. Ver. 17. _I said in my heart, God shall judge, &c._] He did not d...

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

    _I said in my heart_ I was sorely grieved at this, but I quieted myself with this consideration. _God shall judge_, &c. Absolving the just, and condemning the wicked. _For there is a time there_ Namel...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "I SAID TO MYSELF, 'GOD WILL JUDGE BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS MAN AND THE WICKED MAN', FOR. TIME FOR EVERY MATTER AND FOR EVERY DEED IS THERE."GOD WILL JUDGE" -This is the ultimate and final season, the time...

  • 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

    I SAID IN MINE HEART, mine heart was sorely grieved at this disorder, but I quieted it with this consideration, GOD SHALL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED; absolving and saving the just, and condemn...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 3:17 said H559 (H8804) heart H3820 God H430 judge H8199 (H8799) righteous H6662 wicked H7563 ti

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _God shall judge the righteous and the wicked._ THE REASONABLENESS AND EQUITY OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT I. It is reasonable and equal that there should be a future judgment. 1. Seeing all men come hither...

  • 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 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Peter 3:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I said — I was sorely grieved at this, but I quieted myself with this consideration. Shall judge — Absolving the just, and condemning the wicked. A time — God will have his time to rectify all these d...

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