コヘレトの言葉 7:14

聖書日本語

14 順境の日には楽しめ、逆境の日には考えよ。神は人に将来どういう事があるかを、知らせないために、彼とこれとを等しく造られたのである。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the day: Ecclesiastes 3:4, Deuteronomy 28:47, Psalms 30:11, Psalms 30:12, Psalms 40:3, Matthew 9:13, John 16:22, John 16:23, James 5:13

but: Deuteronomy 8:3, 1 Kings 8:47, 1 Kings 17:17, 1 Kings 17:18, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Job 10:1, Job 10:2, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 94:13, Psalms 119:71, Isaiah 22:12-14, Isaiah 26:11, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 23:20, Micah 6:9, Haggai 1:5-7, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:18, Acts 14:22

set: Heb. made, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Hosea 2:6, Hosea 2:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 50:22 - consider Ecclesiastes 3:1 - every thing Ecclesiastes 8:6 - to every Ecclesiastes 11:8 - yet Isaiah 45:7 - I make Peace Colossians 3:2 - Set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the day of prosperity be joyful,.... Or, "in a good day" q. When things go well in the commonwealth, in a man's family, and with himself, health, peace, and plenty, are enjoyed, a man's circumstances are thriving and flourishing; it becomes him to be thankful to God, freely and cheerfully to enjoy what is bestowed on him, and do good with it: or, "be in good" r; in good heart, in good spirits, cheerful and lively; or, "enjoy good", as the Vulgate Latin version; for what God gives to men is given them richly to enjoy, to make use of themselves, and be beneficial unto others; so the Targum,

"in the day the Lord does well to thee be thou also in goodness, and do good to all the world;''

see Galatians 6:10; Jarchi's paraphrase is,

"when it is in thine hand to do good, be among those that do good;''

but in the day of adversity consider; or, "in the day of evil" s; consider from whence affliction comes; not out of the dust, nor by chance, but from God, and by his wise appointment; and for what it comes, that sin is the cause of it, and what that is; and also for what ends it is sent, to bring to a sense of sin, and confession of it, and humiliation for it; to take it away, and make good men more partakers of holiness: or, "look for the day of adversity" t; even in the day of prosperity it should be expected; for there is no firmness and stability in any state; there are continual vicissitudes and changes. The Targum is,

"that the evil day may not come upon thee, see and behold;''

be careful and circumspect, and behave in a wise manner, that so it may be prevented. Jarchi's note is,

"when evil comes upon the wicked, be among those that see, and not among those that are seen;''

and compares it with Isaiah 66:24; It may be observed, that there is a set time for each of these, prosperity and adversity; and that the time is short, and therefore called a day; and the one is good, and the other is evil; which characters they have according to the outward appearance, and according to the judgment and esteem of men; otherwise, prosperity is oftentimes hurtful, and destroys fools, and adversity is useful to the souls of good men;

God also hath set the one over against the other; they are both by his appointment, and are set in their proper place, and come in their proper time; succeed each other, and answer to one another, as day and night, summer and winter, and work, together for the good of men;

to the end that man should find nothing after him; should not be able to know what will be hereafter; what his case and circumstances will be, whether prosperous or adverse; since things are so uncertain, and so subject to change, and nothing permanent; and therefore can find nothing to trust in and depend upon, nothing that he can be sure of: and things are so wisely managed and disposed, that a man can find no fault with them, nor just reason to complain of them; so the Vulgate Latin version, "not find just complaints against him"; and to the same purpose the Syriac version, "that he may complain of him"; the Targum is,

"not find any evil in this world.''

q ביום טובה "in die bono", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus. r היה בטוב "esto in bono", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Rambachius. s ביום רעה "in die mala", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus. t ראה "praecave", V. L. "praevide, aut provide ac prospice", Drusius; so Gussetius, p. 766.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Good and prosperous days are in God’s design special times of comfort and rejoicing: the days of affliction and trouble, are in God’s design the proper seasons of recollection and serious consideration. The Providence of God hath so contrived it, that our good and evil days should be intermingled each with the other. This mixture of good and evil days is by the Divine Providence so proportioned, that it sufficiently justifies the dealings of God toward the sons of men, and obviates all their discontent and complaints against Him.

Set the one over against the other - Rather, made this as well as that, i. e., the day of adversity, as well as the day of prosperity. The seeming imitation of this passage in Ecclesiasticus (Ecclesiasticus 36:13-15) affords a strong presumption that this book was written before the days of the son of Sirach.

To the end ... - God hath constituted the vicissitude of prosperity and adversity in such a way that no man can forecast the events that shall follow when he is removed from his present state. Compare the Ecclesiastes 6:12 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. In the day of prosperity be joyful — When ye receive these temporal gifts from God, enjoy them, and be thankful to the Giver: but remember, this sunshine will not always last. God has balanced prosperity and adversity against each other; and were it not so, how many would put the former in the place of God himself!