Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Note at the…: Heb. at the will, or, purpose
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thou seest
- Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 12:5; Psalm 55:9; Psalm 58:11; Proverbs 8:17; Habakkuk 1:2, 3, 13
- marvel
- Zechariah 8:6; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 17:6, 7
- matter
- Heb. will, or purpose.
- Isaiah 10:5–7, 12; Isaiah 46:10, 11; Habakkuk 1:12; Acts 4:27, 28; Romans 11:33
- for
- Isaiah 57:15; Luke 1:32, 35, 76
- regardeth
- 1 Kings 21:19, 20; Job 20:19–29; Job 27:8–23; Psalm 10:17, 18; Psalm 12:5; Psalm 58:10, 11; Psalm 82:1; Psalm 83:18; Psalm 140:11, 12; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 59:13–16; Jeremiah 22:17–19; Ezekiel 22:6–14; Amos 5:12; Amos 6:2–6, 12; Amos 8:4–7; Micah 2:1–3, 9; Micah 3:1–4, 9–12; Micah 6:10–13; Zechariah 7:9–13; Malachi 3:5; James 2:13; James 5:2–7
- higher than they
- 1 Chronicles 21:15, 16; Psalm 95:3; Isaiah 37:36; Matthew 13:41, 42; Acts 12:7–10, 23