Verse 2
Give: i.e. in charity.
a portion: i.e. a portion of the bread of Ecclesiastes 11:1 .
seven . . . eight. An idiomatic phrase denoting several or many, like the idiom "once . . . twice" = several times (Job 33:14 .Psalms 62:11; Psalms 62:11 ); "twice. . . thrice" = often (Job 33:29 . Isaiah 17:6 ); "three and four" = frequently, or many (Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 34:7 . Proverbs 30:15 , Proverbs 30:18 , Proverbs 30:21 .Amos 1:3 , Amos 1:6 , Amos 1:9 , Amos 1:11 , Amos 1:13 ; Amos 2:1 , Amos 2:4 , Amos 2:6 ); "four and five" (Isaiah 17:6 ); "six and seven" = many (Job 5:19 ); "seven and eight" (Micah 5:5 ).
what evil. As the verb is Masculine but "evil" is feminine, render "what will prove a misfortune".
evil = misfortune. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 .
upon the earth. See note on Ecclesiastes 5:2 .
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