El panorama
Eclesiastés 8 abre con “Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom…”, cambia cerca del versículo 9 con “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun…” y termina con “Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Eclesiastés · Versión King James · 17Eclesiastés 8:1-6
Versículos 1–6: Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a…
Eclesiastés 8:1–6 abre con “Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his…” y llega a “Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and…” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
Eclesiastés 8:1-6
Versión King James1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
Eclesiastés 8:7-12
Versículos 7–12: For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it…
Eclesiastés 8:7–12 abre con “For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?” y llega a “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
“There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Eclesiastés 8:7-12
Versión King James7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10And 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.
11Because 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.
12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Eclesiastés 8:13-17
Versículos 13–17: It shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days…
Eclesiastés 8:13–17 abre con “But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a…” y llega a “Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen happeneth, vanity, wicked. Su relación con los versículos 13 y 15 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Eclesiastés 8:13-17
Versión King James13But 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.
14There 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.
15Then 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.
16When 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:)
17Then 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 it.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Ecclesiastes 8:1 comienza con “Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be…”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Ecclesiastes 8:7 forma un giro natural: “For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”
La nota final
Ecclesiastes 8:17 deja al lector con “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…”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras work, evil, heart, thing, wicked, days ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.