| Geneva Study Bible He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both {e} time and judgment. (e) That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey. Wesley's Notes 8:5 The commandment - Solomon passes to a new subject. Shall feel - Shall be delivered from those mischiefs which befal the disobedient. Discerneth - Both when, and in what manner he must keep the commands of God. King James Translators' Notes shall...: Heb. shall know Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 5. feel-experience. time-the neglect of the right "times" causes much of the sinful folly of the spiritually unwise (Ec 3:1-11). judgment-the right manner [Holden]. But as God's future "judgment" is connected with the "time for every purpose" in Ec 3:17, so it is here. The punishment of persisting sinners (Ec 8:3) suggests it. The wise man realizes the fact, that as there is a fit "time" for every purpose, so for the "judgment." This thought cheers him in adversity (Ec 7:14; 8:1). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 8:1-5 None of the rich, the powerful, the honourable, or the accomplished of the sons of men, are so excellent, useful, or happy, as the wise man. Who else can interpret the words of God, or teach aright from his truths and dispensations? What madness must it be for weak and dependent creatures to rebel against the Almighty! What numbers form wrong judgments, and bring misery on themselves, in this life and that to come! | 
