Ecc 3:16, 7:15 | JFB | STEP | 16. Here a difficulty is suggested. If God "requires" events to move in their perpetual cycle, why are the wicked allowed to deal unrighteously in the place where injustice ought least of all to be; namely, "the place of judgment" ( )?

‏ Ecclesiastes 3:16

16. Here a difficulty is suggested. If God "requires" events to move in their perpetual cycle, why are the wicked allowed to deal unrighteously in the place where injustice ought least of all to be; namely, "the place of judgment" (Jr 12:1)?

‏ Ecclesiastes 7:15

15. An objection entertained by Solomon

in the days of his vanity--his apostasy (Ec 8:14; Job 21:7).

just ... perisheth--(1Ki 21:13). Temporal not eternal death (Joh 10:28). But see on Ec 7:16; "just" is probably a self-justiciary.

wicked ... prolongeth--See the antidote to the abuse of this statement in Ec 8:12.