Ecclesiastes 12 · Verse 14

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes 12:14, King James Version

Ecclesiastes 12:14 in other translations

BSBFor God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
WEBFor God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
ASVFor God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
YLTFor every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
DARBYFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
BBEGod will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
WebsterFor God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

What does Ecclesiastes 12:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment - This is the reason why we should "fear God and keep his commandments." 1. Because there will be a day of judgment. 2. Every soul of man shall stand at that bar. 3. God, the infinitely wise, the heart-searching God, will be judge. 4. 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. 5. All the works of the godly, as well as all the works of the wicked, shall be judged in that day; the good which the godly strove to conceal, as well as the evil which the wicked endeavored to hide. This, then, will be the conclusion of the whole mortal story. And although in this world all is vanity; yet there, "vanities will be vain no more." Every thing whether good or evil, will have its own proper stable, eternal result. O God! prepare the reader to give up his accounts with joy in that day! Amen. Masoretic Notes Number of verses, 222. Middle verse, Ecc 6:10. Sections, 4. The Arabic subjoins this colophon: - "Praise be to God for ever and ever!" "By the assistance of the Most High God this book of Ecclesiastes, which is vanity of vanities, written by Solomon the son of David who reigned over the children of Israel, is completed." The Syriac has, "The end of the book of Koheleth." There are others, but they are of no importance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:8-14

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…

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Ecclesiastes 12:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
מַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הma.'a.SehdeedH4639
הָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
יָבִ֥אya.Vi'he will bringH935
בְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.Patin judgmentH4941
עַ֣ל'alwithH5921
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
נֶעְלָ֑םne'.Lamhidden thingH5956
אִם\־'im-whetherH518
ט֖וֹבTovgoodH2896
וְאִם\־ve.'im-and orH518
רָֽע\׃Ra'evilH7451

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 12:14

  • 2 Corinthians 5:10

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  • Romans 2:16

    In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  • Matthew 12:36

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • Matthew 10:26

    Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

  • Romans 14:10-12

    But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Luke 12:1-2

    In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

  • John 5:29

    And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17

    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

  • Acts 17:30-31

    And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  • Matthew 25:31-46

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:9; Ps 96:13; Mt 12:36; 25:31-46; Lu 12:1,2; Joh 5:29
Ac 17:30,31; Ro 2:16; 14:10-12; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 5:10; Re 20:11-15

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Context

  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:14

    For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Ecclesiastes 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Dios traerá toda obra á juicio, el cual se hará sobre toda cosa oculta, buena ó mala.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car Dieu amènera toute œuvre en jugement, avec tout ce qui est caché, soit bien, soit mal.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Gott wird jedes Werk, es sei gut oder böse, in das Gericht über alles Verborgene bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et cuncta quæ fiunt adducet Deus in judicium pro omni errato, sive bonum, sive malum illud sit.