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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Scripture focus
All [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.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — KJV
All things. For the most part the same fundamental experiences come to all men. Nature gives of her bounties to all (Matt. 5:45). Rain and sun, storm and calm, come upon good and evil men alike (see Job 9:22).
One event. In Ruth 2:3 the same word is translated “hap,” in 1 Sam. 6:9 “chance,” and in 1 Sam. 20:26 “something hath befallen.”
Righteous. That is, morally upright.
To the good. All ancient versions, except the Targums, add, “and to the evil,” which seems necessary to complete the parallel.
The clean. Probably a reference to ceremonial cleanness.
Him that sacrificeth. That is, the man who is punctilious in his compliance with the outward, ritual requirements of religious life.
As is the good. In the widest, most comprehensive sense.
He that swareth. See on Lev. 19:12; see also Deut. 6:13; Ps. 63:11; Isa. 65:16. The man who fears a legal oath is generally one who has no intention of carrying out the obligation and whose conscience makes him afraid to “swear” (see Num. 5:19-22). Compare also the teaching of Christ (Matt. 5:33-37) and that of the apostle James (James 5:12).
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