the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Ecclesiastes 12:14
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For God will bring every work to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euyll.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
For God shal bring euery worke into iudgement, with euer secret thing, whether it bee good, or whether it bee euill.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euell.
And that's it. Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it's good or evil.
For God will bring every act to judgment, every hidden and secret thing, whether it is good or evil.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it is] good, or whether [it is] evil.
For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
God will judge everything we do, even what is done in secret, whether good or bad.
For God will bring to judgment everything we do, including every secret, whether good or bad. [Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about.]
For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.
For the LORD shall bring every work into judgment, concerning everything which is hidden and known, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
For God will judge every act, even everything which is hidden, both good and bad.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
For, every work, will God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, - whether good, or evil.
And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
God will judge everything, even what is done in secret, the good and the evil.
God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.
For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
God schal brynge alle thingis in to dom, that ben don; for ech thing don bi errour, whether it be good, ether yuel.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 11:9, Psalms 96:13, Matthew 12:36, Matthew 25:31-46, Luke 12:1, Luke 12:2, John 5:29, Acts 17:30, Acts 17:31, Romans 2:16, Romans 14:10-12, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:11-15
Reciprocal: Judges 11:27 - the Judge 1 Samuel 2:10 - judge 2 Samuel 12:12 - secretly Nehemiah 5:15 - because Job 22:4 - will he enter Psalms 44:21 - knoweth Psalms 50:21 - set Psalms 78:33 - years Psalms 90:8 - our Psalms 139:3 - and art acquainted Proverbs 23:17 - be thou Ecclesiastes 3:17 - God Jeremiah 32:19 - to give Ezekiel 18:30 - I will Ezekiel 33:20 - I will Mark 4:22 - General Luke 8:17 - nothing Luke 16:2 - give John 5:22 - General Acts 24:25 - judgment Romans 2:5 - revelation 1 Corinthians 7:29 - that both Ephesians 5:12 - in Hebrews 4:13 - with Hebrews 6:2 - eternal Hebrews 9:27 - but 1 Peter 4:5 - that Revelation 14:7 - Fear Revelation 20:12 - according
Cross-References
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For God shall bring every work into judgment,.... Not in this life, but in the day of the great judgment, as the Targum explains it; that is, whatever has been done by men, from the beginning of the world, or will be to the end; all being observed and taken notice of by the omniscient God, who has registered them in the book of his remembrance, and, being Judge, will be able to bring them all into account at that awful day: which is here given as a reason why men should fear God, and keep his commandments;
with every secret thing; that has been committed in secret by men, and is unknown to others, even every secret thought of the heart; see 1 Corinthians 4:5; or, "with every secret" or "hidden man" w; whose works are hidden from men, and are not known to be what, they are, and who thought to hide themselves from, God; but these, with their works, shall be brought into open court in judgment;
whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil: it shall then be examined according to the rule of the word, and be judged, and declared to be what it truly is, good or evil; and so be either rewarded in a way of grace, or punished: or, "whether [the man, the hidden man, be] good or evil" x, so Alshech; all mankind, everyone, will he bring into judgment, whether he be good or evil. This is the last end of all things, and in which every man will be concerned. This shows, as well as many other things in this book. Solomon's belief of a future state and judgment; and that there is nothing in it to encourage the epicure and atheist: which being observed by the ancient Jews, they readily admitted it into the canon of Scripture.
w על כל נעלם "super omnem occultum, sc. hominem", Schmidt. x "Sive bonus fuerit, sive malus", Schmidt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage serves therefore to make the book more intelligible and more acceptable.
Here, as in the beginning of the book Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, the Preacher speaks of himself Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 in the third person. He first repeats Ecclesiastes 12:8 the mournful, perplexing theme with which his musings began Ecclesiastes 1:2; and then states the encouraging practical conclusion Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 to which they have led him. It has been pointed out that the Epilogue assumes the identity of the Preacher with the writer of the Book of Proverbs.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
literally, Words of wise men are as goads, and as nails driven in (by) masters of assemblies; they are given from one shepherd: “goads,” because they rouse the hearer and impel him to right actions; “nails” (perhaps tent-spikes), because they remain fixed in the memory: “masters of assemblies” are simply “teachers” or “preachers” (see Ecclesiastes 1:1 note), instructors of such assemblies as Wisdom addresses Proverbs 1:20.
One shepherd - i. e., God, who is the supreme Giver of wisdom Proverbs 2:6, and the chief Shepherd Jeremiah 23:1-4. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:12-13.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
By these - i. e., “By the words of wise men.”
Books - Rather, “Writings.” Probably the proverbs current in the Preacher’s age, including, though not especially indicating, his own.
The Preacher protests against the folly of protracted, unprofitable, meditation.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
literally, “The conclusion of the discourse” (or “word,” = words, Ecclesiastes 1:1), “the whole, let us hear.”
The whole duty of man - Rather, the whole man. To revere God and to obey Him is the whole man, constitutes man’s whole being; that only is conceded to Man; all other things, as this book teaches again and again, are dependent on a Higher Incomprehensible Being.
Ecclesiastes 12:14
Judgment with - Rather, judgment (which shall be held) upon etc.: i. e., an appointed judgment which shall take place in another world, as distinct from that retribution which frequently follows man’s actions in the course of this world, and which is too imperfect (compare Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 9:2, ...) to be described by these expressions. He that is fully convinced that there is no solid happiness to be found in this world, and that there is a world to come wherein God will adjudge people to happiness or misery respectively, as they have made their choice and acted here, must necessarily subscribe to the truth of Solomon’s conclusion, that true religion is the only way to true happiness.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 12:14. For God shall bring every work into judgment — This is the reason why we should "fear God and keep his commandments."
1. Because there will be a day of judgment.
2. Every soul of man shall stand at that bar.
3. God, the infinitely wise, the heart-searching God, will be judge.
4. He will bring to light every secret thing - all that has been done since the creation, by all men; whether forgotten or registered; whether done in secret or in public.
5. All the works of the godly, as well as all the works of the wicked, shall be judged in that day; the good which the godly strove to conceal, as well as the evil which the wicked endeavoured to hide.
This, then, will be the conclusion of the whole mortal story. And although in this world all is vanity; yet there, "vanities will be vain no more." Every thing, whether good or evil, will have its own proper stable, eternal result. O God! prepare the reader to give up his accounts with joy in that day! Amen.
MASORETIC NOTES
Number of verses, 222.
Middle verse, Ecclesiastes 6:10.
Sections, 4.
The ARABIC subjoins this colophon: - "Praise be to God for ever and ever!"
"By the assistance of the Most High God this book of Ecclesiastes, which is vanity of vanities, written by Solomon the son of David who reigned over the children of Israel, is completed."
The SYRIAC has, "The end of the book of Koheleth."
There are others, but they are of no importance.
