O panorama
Eclesiastes 9 abre com “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and…”, muda perto do versículo 9 com “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity…” e termina com “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
Eclesiastes · Versão King James · 18Eclesiastes 9:1-6
Versículos 1–6: For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the…
Eclesiastes 9:1–6 abre com “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the…” e chega a “Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Perceba onde sofrimento, desejo, injustiça, dúvida ou os limites da sabedoria impedem conclusões superficiais em Eclesiastes.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are…” Esta linha fornece uma razão, resultado ou conclusão. Ela deve permanecer ligada à afirmação ou ação que lhe dá sentido.
“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean…” O número one torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
“This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of…” O número one torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
Eclesiastes 9:1-6
Versão King James1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Eclesiastes 9:7-12
Versículos 7–12: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry…
Eclesiastes 9:7–12 abre com “Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth…” e chega a “For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Perceba onde sofrimento, desejo, injustiça, dúvida ou os limites da sabedoria impedem conclusões superficiais em Eclesiastes.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.” O versículo nomeia God em vez de deixar a ação sem uma fonte. Observe se a linha seguinte continua, responde ou contrasta essa ação.
“Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem always, garments, head. A relação com os versículos 7 e 9 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under…” Nomear Live mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
Eclesiastes 9:7-12
Versão King James7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Eclesiastes 9:13-18
Versículos 13–18: This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Eclesiastes 9:13–18 abre com “This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:” e chega a “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Perceba onde sofrimento, desejo, injustiça, dúvida ou os limites da sabedoria impedem conclusões superficiais em Eclesiastes.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem seemed, seen, wisdom. A relação com os versículos 14 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem besieged, built, bulwarks. A relação com os versículos 13 e 15 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Eclesiastes 9:13-18
Versão King James13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Ecclesiastes 9:1 começa com “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth…”
Onde o capítulo muda
Ecclesiastes 9:15 forma uma mudança natural: “Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”
A nota final
Ecclesiastes 9:18 deixa o leitor com “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras wisdom, evil, heart, wise, better, dead 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.