קהלת פרק ח 1-9 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

קהלת פרק ח 1-9 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

ח מִי כְּהֶחָכָם, וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ פֵּשֶׁר דָּבָר; חָכְמַת אָדָם תָּאִיר פָּנָיו, וְעֹז פָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּא׃ ² אֲנִי פִּי־מֶלֶךְ שְׁמוֹר, וְעַל דִּבְרַת שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים׃ ³ אַל־תִּבָּהֵל מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ, אַל־תַּעֲמֹד בְּדָבָר רָע; כִּי כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ יַעֲשֶׂה׃ ⁴ בַּאֲשֶׁר דְּבַר־מֶלֶךְ שִׁלְטוֹן; וּמִי יֹאמַר־לוֹ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה׃ ⁵ שׁוֹמֵר מִצְוָה, לֹא יֵדַע דָּבָר רָע; וְעֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט, יֵדַע לֵב חָכָם׃ ⁶ כִּי לְכָל־חֵפֶץ, יֵשׁ עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט; כִּי־רָעַת הָאָדָם רַבָּה עָלָיו׃ ⁷ כִּי־אֵינֶנּוּ יֹדֵעַ מַה־שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה; כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה, מִי יַגִּיד לוֹ׃ ⁸ אֵין אָדָם שַׁלִּיט בָּרוּחַ לִכְלוֹא אֶת־הָרוּחַ, וְאֵין שִׁלְטוֹן בְּיוֹם הַמָּוֶת, וְאֵין מִשְׁלַחַת בַּמִּלְחָמָה; וְלֹא־יְמַלֵּט רֶשַׁע אֶת־בְּעָלָיו׃ ⁹ אֶת־כָּל־זֶה רָאִיתִי וְנָתוֹן אֶת־לִבִּי, לְכָל־מַעֲשֶׂה, אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ; עֵת, אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַט הָאָדָם בְּאָדָם לְרַע לוֹ׃

8:1 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 changed.

8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8:8 There 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.

8:9 All 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.