'Who is as the wise man?… a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine.' Keep the king's command; there is a time and judgment for every purpose, though the misery of man is great upon him: no man hath power over the day of death. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil; 'yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God.' There is a vanity done on earth: righteous men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked. And man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun, though a wise man think to know it.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Solomon — Ecclesiastes overview

A. 1–9 Who Is as the Wise Man? Keep the King's Command
B. 10–17 Sentence Not Executed Speedily — and God's Work Past Finding Out

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Ecclesiastes 34 verses
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- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
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Ecclesiastes 24 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 53 verses
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Ecclesiastes 102 verses
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Ecclesiastes 92 verses
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Job 142 verses
- Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
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Daniel 41 verse
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
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Ecclesiastes 61 verse
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