コヘレトの言葉 7:15

聖書日本語

15 わたしはこのむなしい人生において、もろもろの事を見た。そこには義人がその義によって滅びることがあり、悪人がその悪によって長生きすることがある。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have I: Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Genesis 47:9, Psalms 39:6

there is a just: Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:2, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Samuel 22:19, 1 Kings 21:13, 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Job 9:22, Job 9:23, Matthew 23:34, Matthew 23:35, John 16:2, Acts 7:52

there is a wicked: Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13, Job 21:7-15, Psalms 73:3-13, Isaiah 65:20, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:25 - that the Job 4:7 - who ever Psalms 73:4 - no Proverbs 24:30 - went Ecclesiastes 9:13 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity,.... Or, "all these things" u. What goes before and follows after, the various changes men are subject unto, both good and bad; these he had made his observations upon, throughout the course of his life, which had been a vain one, as every man's is, full of evil and trouble; see Ecclesiastes 6:12; perhaps the wise man may have some respect to the times of his apostasy; and which might, among other things, be brought on by this; observing good men afflicted, and the wicked prosper, which has often been a stumbling to good men;

there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness; not eternally; no truly just man ever perished, who is made so by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; for though the righteous man is said to be scarcely saved, yet he is certainly saved: it can be true only in this sense of one that is only outwardly righteous, that trusts to his own righteousness, in which he may perish; but this is to be understood temporally and corporeally; one that is really just may perish in his name, in his substance, as well as at death, and that on account of his righteousness; he may lose his good name and character, and his substance, for righteousness's sake; yea, his life also, as Abel, Naboth, and others; this is the case "sometimes", as Aben Ezra observes, not always: or a just man, notwithstanding his righteousness, dies, and sometimes lives but a short time; which sense the antithesis seems to require;

and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness; is very wicked, and yet, notwithstanding his great wickedness, lives a long time in the world; see Job 21:7.

u את כל "illa omnia", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Tigurine version, Gejerus "omnia haec", Mercerus; "universa haec", Rambachius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The days of my vanity - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecclesiastes 1:12 note).

The meaning may be best explained by a paraphrase. Solomon states how the wise man should regard the “crooked Ecclesiastes 7:13 work of God” when it bears upon him. He says in effect, “Do not think that thou couldest alter the two instances (described in Ecclesiastes 7:15) of such crooked work so as to make it straight, that thou art more righteous or more wise than He is Who ordained these events. To set up thy judgment in opposition to His would imply an excess of wickedness and folly, deserving the punishment of premature death. But rather it is good for thee to grasp these seeming anomalies; if thou ponder them they will tend to impress on thee that fear of God which is a part of wisdom, and will guide thee safely through all the perplexities of this life” (compare Ecclesiastes 8:12-13). The suggestion that these verses are intended to advocate a middle course between sin and virtue is at variance with the whole tenor of the book.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Destroy thyself - The Septuagint and Vulgate render it: “be amazed.” Compare “marvel not” Ecclesiastes 5:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. There is a just man that perisheth — This is another objection as if he had said, "l also have had considerable experience; and I have not discovered any marked approbation of the conduct of the righteous, or disapprobation of that of the wicked. On the contrary, I have seen a righteous man perish, while employed in the work of righteousness; and a wicked man prosperous, and even exalted, while living wickedly. The former is indeed a victim to his righteousness, while the life and prosperity of the latter were preserved: hence I conclude, it is not prudent, whatever good there may be in religion, and whatever excellence in wisdom, that men should be overmuch righteous, or over-wise: for why should they by austerity and hard study destroy themselves?" So far the objector.