Midrash
Kohelet Rabbah 8:6 קהלת רבה ח׳:ו׳
Part of: Chapter 8
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כִּי לְכָל חֵפֶץ יֵשׁ עֵת וּלְכָל עֵת יֵשׁ חֵפֶץ, הֵיךְ מַה דְּבַר נָשׁ בָּעֵי עָבֵיד בְּהַאי עָלְמָא עָבֵיד, בְּרַם תַּמָּן דִּינָא וְחוּשְׁבָּנָא.
“For every desire there is a time of judgment, as the evil of man overcomes him” (Ecclesiastes 8:6).
“For every desire there is a time,” and for every time there is a desire. How so? What a person desires to do in this world, he does, but there, [in the World to Come,] there is judgment and accounting.
“For every desire there is a time of judgment, as the evil of man overcomes him” (Ecclesiastes 8:6).
“For every desire there is a time,” and for every time there is a desire. How so? What a person desires to do in this world, he does, but there, [in the World to Come,] there is judgment and accounting.