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For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn`t know it; all is before them.
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Trust Amidst Uncertainty
Commentators agree that this verse presents a core paradox: while the righteous are securely held and protected "in the hand of God," we cannot know His specific favor ("love") or disfavor ("hatred") by looking at our life circumstances. Prosperity or adversity are not reliable indicators of our standing with God. The call is to trust His sovereign care even when we can't understand His ways.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A good man’s trust in God is set forth as a counterpoise to our Ignorance of the ways of Providence.
In the hand of God — Under His s…
19th Century
Anglican
No man knoweth.— If this verse stood by itself, we would understand, “Man cannot know whether he will experience marks of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For all this I considered in my heart What goes before, in the latter end of the preceding chapter, concerning the v…
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