'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 24 verses
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Ecclesiastes 53 verses
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Daniel 41 verse
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Ecclesiastes 61 verse
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