O panorama
Eclesiastes 5 abre com “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to…”, muda perto do versículo 10 com “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance…” e termina com “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the…”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
Eclesiastes · Versão King James · 20Eclesiastes 5:1-7
Versículos 1–7: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to…
Eclesiastes 5:1–7 abre com “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the…” e chega a “For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Acompanhe as imagens, argumentos, orações e observações com que Eclesiastes examina a vida diante de Deus.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 1 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for…” Nomear Keep mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and…” O versículo nomeia God em vez de deixar a ação sem uma fonte. Observe se a linha seguinte continua, responde ou contrasta essa ação.
Eclesiastes 5:1-7
Versão King James1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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.
Eclesiastes 5:8-14
Versículos 8–14: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of…
Eclesiastes 5:8–14 abre com “If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a…” e chega a “But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Acompanhe as imagens, argumentos, orações e observações com que Eclesiastes examina a vida diante de Deus.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 1 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem higher, highest, judgment. A relação com os versículos 9 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.” Nomear Moreover mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
Eclesiastes 5:8-14
Versão King James8If 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.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Eclesiastes 5:15-20
Versículos 15–20: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he…
Eclesiastes 5:15–20 abre com “As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take…” e chega a “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Acompanhe as imagens, argumentos, orações e observações com que Eclesiastes examina a vida diante de Deus.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 1 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour…” A ordem não pode ser entendida apenas pelo verbo. O destinatário, o propósito e seu lugar na aliança ou argumento definem a responsabilidade.
“And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath…” A pergunta desacelera a passagem. Observe quem precisa responder, o que ela pressupõe e se as linhas seguintes apresentam uma resposta.
Eclesiastes 5:15-20
Versão King James15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Ecclesiastes 5:1 começa com “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Ecclesiastes 5:11 forma uma mudança natural: “When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?”
A nota final
Ecclesiastes 5:20 deixa o leitor com “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras evil, days, good, labour, multitude, riches ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.