EcclesiastesImiZekeliso 8:12

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

12 Nakubeni umoni esenza okubi izihlandlo ezilikhulu, ayolule imihla yakhe, noko ndiyazi ukuba kuya kulunga kwabamoyikayo uThixo, kwaboyikayo ebusweni bakhe;

Bible Verse Review
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a sinner: Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 7:15, 1 Kings 2:5-9, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 22:34, 1 Kings 22:35, Proverbs 13:21, Isaiah 65:20, Romans 2:5, Romans 9:22, 2 Peter 2:9

surely: Ecclesiastes 7:18, Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:18, Psalms 37:19, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 115:13, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 1:33, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Isaiah 65:20-24, Matthew 25:34, Matthew 25:41-46, Luke 1:50

fear before: Ecclesiastes 3:14, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Psalms 96:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:7 - If thou doest well Genesis 18:25 - that the Genesis 22:12 - now Exodus 1:17 - feared God Exodus 1:20 - God Exodus 1:21 - made them Deuteronomy 6:3 - and observe Joshua 2:9 - I know Judges 20:34 - knew not 2 Kings 4:1 - thy servant did fear 2 Kings 9:24 - smote Job 24:12 - yet God Psalms 32:10 - Many Psalms 50:21 - I kept Psalms 73:17 - then Psalms 128:2 - and it shall Ecclesiastes 5:7 - but Ecclesiastes 9:2 - as is Ecclesiastes 11:8 - General Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Fear Isaiah 42:14 - long time Jeremiah 15:11 - Verily it Jeremiah 16:12 - evil Jeremiah 41:15 - escaped Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Matthew 10:28 - him Colossians 3:22 - fearing 1 Timothy 4:8 - having Revelation 11:18 - and them

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times,.... That is ever so many times, a certain number for an uncertain; though he lives in a continued course of sin, being resolved upon the above consideration to give himself a swing to his lusts. The Targum renders it a hundred years; though be should live so long in sin, yet at last should be accursed Isaiah 65:20. This and what follows are said to check the boldness and presumption of the sinner upon the patience of God; and to make the people of God easy under the delay of justice, and the prosperity of the wicked;

and his [days] be prolonged: or rather, "and he prolongs unto him" o; that is, God prolongs unto him, not days only, but the execution of the sentence against his evil works; or defers his wrath and punishment; so Jarchi,

"and the holy blessed God prolongs to him, and does not take vengeance on him;''

and to this purpose is the Targum,

"and from the Lord is given to him space to return;''

yet surely I know; from the word and promise, and from experience, having observed it in a multitude of instances, which have abundantly confirmed the truth;

that it shall be well with them that fear God; not with a servile but filial fear, with a holy, humble, fiducial, affectionate, and an obediential fear; not through any terrible apprehension of his majesty, his judgment, his wrath now and hereafter; but under a sense of his being and perfections, and especially his mercy, grace, and goodness: it is well with such persons in all things; with respect to things temporal they shall not want what is proper for them; and with respect to things spiritual they are interested in the love, grace, and mercy of God; have much made known to them; are remembered by him; the sun of righteousness rises upon them; the eye of God is on them, and his heart towards them, and his hand communicates every needful supply to them; and they are guarded, not only by his angels, but by himself; and it is well with them at all times; in times of public calamity they are either taken from it beforehand, or preserved in it; all afflictions are for their good; it goes well with them at death and judgment; and they will be happy both in the millennium state and in the ultimate glory, So the Targum,

"it shall be well in the world to come with them that fear the Lord;''

see Psalms 34:7; with this compare Isaiah 3:10; it is added,

which fear before him: whose fear is not hypocritical, but sincere and hearty; not in show only, but in reality; not the precepts of men, and as before them, but as the sight of God; having always a sense of omniscience and omnipresence before them; and especially this fear is exercised by them when they are his house, in the assembly of his saints, attending his word and ordinances: or "which fear at his presence"; which fills them with a holy awe, as wall as with joy and gladness. The Targum is,

"which fear before him, and do his will.''

o מאריך לו "et prolongans ei", Montanus; "et prolongat in Deus dies", Pagninus; so Mercerus, Junius Tremellius, supply it "et prorogat dei Deus poenam", Piscator; "et differt Deus iram suam propter illium", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His days be prolonged - i. e., in his wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:8.

“I” is emphatic, as if to mark the opposition to the “sons of men” Ecclesiastes 8:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:12. Though a sinner do evil a hundred times — If God bear so long with a transgressor, waiting in his longsuffering for him to repent and turn to him, surely he will be peculiarly kind to them that fear him, and endeavour to walk uprightly before him.