Kazatel 7:20

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Není na zemi člověka spravedlivého, aby konal dobro a nehřešil.

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Bible kralická (1613)
Není zajisté člověka spravedlivého na zemi, kterýž by činil dobře a nehřešil.

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there: 1 Kings 8:46, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Job 15:14-16, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 143:2, Proverbs 20:9, Isaiah 53:6, Romans 3:23, James 3:2, 1 John 1:8-10

doeth: Isaiah 64:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:9 - just Genesis 8:21 - the imagination Genesis 9:21 - and was Genesis 20:2 - said Leviticus 13:6 - wash Leviticus 13:39 - if the bright 1 Samuel 20:34 - in fierce 2 Kings 20:13 - there was nothing Job 4:17 - Shall mortal Psalms 119:96 - I have seen Isaiah 39:2 - there was Daniel 9:20 - confessing John 13:10 - needeth Acts 15:39 - the contention Romans 3:12 - there is none Romans 7:15 - what Romans 7:23 - another Galatians 2:13 - the other Galatians 3:11 - that Galatians 5:17 - the flesh Philippians 3:9 - not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For [there is] not a just man upon earth,.... Or "although", or "notwithstanding" d, wisdom is so beneficial, and guards and strengthens a good man, yet no man has such a share of it as to live without sin; there was not then one on earth, there never had been, one, nor never would be, nor has been, excepting the man Christ Jesus; who indeed, as man, was perfectly just, while here on earth, and went about doing good, and never sinned in all his life; but this cannot be said of any other, no, not of one that is truly and really just; not externally and in his own opinion only, but who is made so by the obedience of Christ, or by his righteousness imputed to him, while he is here on earth; otherwise in heaven, where the spirits of just men are made perfect, there it may be said of them what follows, but nowhere else;

that doeth good, and sinneth not; it is the character of a just man to do good, to do that which is according to the will of God, from a principle of love to him, through faith in him, in the name and strength of Christ, and with a view to the glory of God; to do good in such a sense wicked men cannot; only such who are made good by the grace of God, are regenerated and made new creatures in Christ, are quickened by his Spirit, and are true believers in him; who appear to be what they are, by the fruits of good works they bring forth; and this not in a mercenary way, or in order to obtain life and righteousness, but as constrained by the grace of God, by which they are freely justified; and yet these are not free from sin, as appears by their confessions and complaints, by their backslidings, slips, and falls, and their petitions for fresh discoveries of pardoning grace; and even are not without sin, and the commission of it, in religious duties, or while they are doing good; hence their righteousness is said to be as filthy rags, and mention is made of the iniquity of holy things, Isaiah 64:6. The Targum is,

"that does good all his days, and sins not before the Lord.''

Aben Ezra justly gives the sense thus,

"who does good always, and never sins;''

and observes that there are none but sin in thought, word, or deed. The poet e says,

"to sin is common to all men;''

no man, though ever so good, is perfect on earth, or free from sin; see 1 Kings 8:46. Alshech's paraphrase is,

"there is not a righteous man on earth, that does good, and sins not; בטוב ההוא, "in that good";''

which is the true sense of the words.

d כי "quamvis", Junius Tremelllus, Amama, so Broughton "attamen", Grotius. e Sophoclis Antigone, v. 1140.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The connection of this verse with Ecclesiastes 7:18-19 becomes clearer if it is borne in mind that the fear of God, wisdom, and justice, are merely different sides of one and the same character, the formation of which is the aim of all the precepts in this chapter. The words “just” Ecclesiastes 7:15, Ecclesiastes 7:20 and “righteous” Ecclesiastes 7:16 are exactly the same in Hebrew.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 20. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. — לא יחטא lo yechta, that may not sin. There is not a man upon earth, however just he may be, and habituated to do good, but is peccable-liable to commit sin; and therefore should continually watch and pray, and depend upon the Lord. But the text does not say, the just man does commit sin, but simply that he may sin; and so our translators have rendered it in 1 Samuel 2:25, twice in 1 Kings 8:31; 1 Kings 8:46, and 2 Chronicles 6:36; and the reader is requested to consult the note on 1 Kings 8:46, where the proper construction of this word may be found, and the doctrine in question is fully considered.