ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-- God has made the one as well as the other So that man may not discover anything [that will be] after him.

14. consider--resumed from Ec 7:13. "Consider," that is, regard it as "the work of God"; for "God has made (Hebrew, for 'set') this (adversity) also as well as the other (prosperity)." "Adversity" is one of the things which "God has made crooked," and which man cannot "make straight." He ought therefore to be "patient" (Ec 7:8).
after him--equivalent to "that man may not find anything (to blame) after God" (that is, after "considering God's work," Ec 7:13). Vulgate and Syriac, "against Him" (compare Ec 7:10; Ro 3:4).

ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-- God has made the one as well as the other So that man may not discover anything [that will be] after him.

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