His days be prolonged – that is, in his wickedness (Ecclesiastes 8:8).

“I” is emphatic, as if to mark the opposi…

Though — A better translation is Because; the first part of this verse continues from the preceding. The latter part of t…

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times
That is ever so many times, a certain number for an uncertain; though he li…

Solomon observed that often one man rules over another to his own harm, and that prosperity hardens them in their wickedness. Sinners deceive thems…