New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 12:14
14For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- New International Version (NIV)For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
Context of Ecclesiastes 12:14
12And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. 13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 12Ecclesiastes 12:14 word by word
כִּ֤י אֶת־כָּל־מַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים יָבִ֥א בְמִשְׁפָּ֖ט עַ֣ל כָּל־נֶעְלָ֑ם אִם־ט֖וֹב וְאִם־רָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 12:14
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgment.
- Psalms 96:13For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.
- Matthew 12:36But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
- Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
- Luke 12:1In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- John 5:29and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
- Acts 17:30Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
- Romans 2:16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
- Romans 14:10But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 12:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For God shall bring every work into judgment - This is the reason why we should "fear God and keep his commandments." Because there will be a day of judgment. Every soul of man shall stand at that bar. God, the infinitely wise, the heart-searching God, will be judge. He will bring to light every secret thing - all that has been done since the creation, by all men; whether forgotten or registered; whether done in secret or in public. All the works of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage serves therefore to make the book more intelligible and more acceptable. Here, as in the beginning of the book Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, the Preacher speaks of himself Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 in the third person. He first repeats Ecclesiastes 12:8 the mournful, perplexing theme with which his musings began…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY. These are the words of one that could speak by dear-bought experience of the vanity of the world, which can do nothing to ease men of the burden of sin. As he considered the worth of souls, he gave good heed to what he spake and wrote; words of truth will always be acceptable words. The truths of God are as goads to such as are dull and draw back, and nails to such as are wandering…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The editor concludes from studying the Teacher's work that we should fear God (see Ecclesiastes 3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12–13). This means we must obey his commands, because everything we do will face judgment (see Ecclesiastes 11:9; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Hebrews 9:27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. For God shall bring every work into judgment--The future judgment is the test of what is "vanity," what solid, as regards the chief good, the grand subject of the book.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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