Ecclesiastes 8:5 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

KJV

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ASV

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

WEB

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

YLT

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

DBT

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
James 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Hebrews 5:14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
1 Peter 3:13–14
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Philippians 1:9–10
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

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David made a covenant, or contract, with the elders of Israel, though he was king by divine designation, 1 Chron. xi. 3 . " Keep the king's commandments, for he has sworn to rule thee in the fear of God, and thou hast sworn, in that fear, to be faithful to him." It is called the oath of God because he is a witness to it and will avenge the violation of it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

All the events concerning us, with the exact time of them, are determined and appointed in the counsel and foreknowledge of God, and all in wisdom: To every purpose there is a time prefixed, and it is the best time, for it is time and judgment, time appointed both in wisdom and righteousness; the appointment is not chargeable with folly or iniquity.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

feel--experience. time--the neglect of the right "times" causes much of the sinful folly of the spiritually unwise (Ec 3:1-11). judgment--the right manner [HOLDEN]. But as God's future "judgment" is connected with the "time for every purpose" in Ec 3:17, so it is here. The punishment of persisting sinners (Ec 8:3) suggests it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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