Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:12

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:12 - 6:12

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:12 - 6:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

6:1 - 6:1
6:2 - 6:2
6:3 - 6:3
6:4 - 6:4
6:5 - 6:5
6:6 - 6:6
6:7 - 6:7
6:8 - 6:8
6:9 - 6:9
6:10 - 6:10
6:11 - 6:11
6:12 - 6:12

For who knoweth, etc. - The ungodly know not what is really “good” during life, nor “what shall be after them,” that is, what will be the event of their undertakings (Ecc 3:22; Ecc 8:7). The godly might be tempted to “contend with God” (Ecc 6:10) as to His dispensations; but they cannot fully know the wise purposes served by them now and hereafter. Their sufferings from the oppressors are more really good for them than cloudless prosperity; sinners are being allowed to fill up their measure of guilt. Retribution in part vindicates God’s ways even now. The judgment shall make all clear. In Ecc 7:1-29, he states what is good, in answer to this verse.