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Ecclesiastes 5:8 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verse 8
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.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:8 in context
6Suffer 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?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8If 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.
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- oppressionʻôsheqinjury, fraud, distress, unjust gainH6233 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- provincemᵉdîynâhproperly, a judgeshipH4082 →
- violentgêzelplunderH1499 →
- justicetsedeqthe rightH6664 →
- marveltâmahhto be in consternationH8539 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-8