7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)Solomon had said (Eccl. 8:5) that a wise man’s heart discerns time and judgment , that is, a man’s wisdom will go a great way, by the blessing of God, in moral prognostications; but here he shows that few have that wisdom, and that even the wisest may yet be surprised by a calamity which they had not any foresight of, and therefore it is our wisdom to expect and prepare for sudden changes. Observe…
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