Ecclesiastes 5:8

Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: 1 The king is dependent on the tilled field. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

In Context

7If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, 1 Wonder not at the matter: 1 For there is a high one to watch over him that is high, 1 And high ones over them. 1

9He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: 1 And who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? 1 This is also vanity. 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice thee; withhold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 20:19For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: 1 And he has plundered a habitation, though he built it not. 1

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? 1 Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? 1

Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in thy mercy; 1 My heart shall exult in thy salvation. 1

Psalms 58:10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; 1 For thou, O God, art my helper. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9

The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →

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