Ecclesiastes 8:10-17

Ecclesiastes 8:10-17

[10] And so  I saw  the wicked  buried,  who had come  and gone  from the place  of the holy,  and they were forgotten  in the city  where they had so done:  this is also vanity.  [11] Because sentence  against an evil  work  is not executed  speedily,  therefore the heart  of the sons  of men  is fully set  in them to do  evil.  [12] Though a sinner  do  evil  an hundred times,  and his days be prolonged,  yet surely I know  that it shall be well  God,  which fear  before  him: [13] But it shall not be well  with the wicked,  neither shall he prolong  his days,  which are as a shadow;  because he feareth  not before  God.  [14] There is  a vanity  which is done  upon the earth;  that there be just  men, unto whom it happeneth  according to the work  of the wicked;  again, there be  wicked  men, to whom it happeneth  according to the work  of the righteous:  I said  that this also  is vanity.  [15] Then I commended  mirth,  because a man  hath no better thing  under the sun,  than to eat,  and to drink,  and to be merry:  for that shall abide  with him of his labour  the days  of his life,  which God  giveth  him under the sun.  [16] When I applied  mine heart  to know  wisdom,  and to see  the business  that is done  upon the earth:  (for also there is that neither day  nor night  seeth  sleep  with his eyes:)  [17] Then I beheld  all the work  of God,  that a man  cannot  find out  the work  that is done  under the sun:  because  though  a man  labour  to seek it out,  yet he shall not find  it; yea further; though a wise  man think  to know  it, yet shall he not be able  to find 

What does Ecclesiastes 8:10-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Wisdom can enable a person to avoid the king"s wrath ( Ecclesiastes 8:2-9), but it cannot enable him or her to understand fully why God deals with people as He does ( Ecclesiastes 8:10-17).