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Ecclesiastes 7:15 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Limits of Human Wisdom
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity (אֶת־הַכֹּל רָאִיתִי בִּימֵי הֶבְלִי, et-hakol ra'iti bimei hevli)—'All things' (hakol) signals comprehensive observation. 'Days of my vanity' uses hevel, Ecclesiastes's key term meaning 'vapor,' 'breath,' or 'futility'—life's temporary, perplexing nature under the sun.There is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness—This observation confronts the simplistic prosperity theology critiqued throughout Ecclesiastes and Job. Righteous Job suffered while his 'friends' prospere...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:15
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“and lives long”
“all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?”
“behold”
“when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”
“even to explore all this: that the righteous”
“Yahweh”
“the base fellows”
“nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old”