Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; As Ecclesiastes 11:9, showed what youths a... [ Continue Reading ]
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: BE NOT DARKENED - i:e., before they be so. Illustrating "the evil days." "Light," "sun," etc., express prosperity; 'darkness,' pain and calamity (; ). A joyless old age is hereby depict... [ Continue Reading ]
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE - namely, the hands and arms which protected the body, as guards do a palace, are... [ Continue Reading ]
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; DOORS - the lips, which are closely shut together as doors by old men in eating; because if they did not do so,... [ Continue Reading ]
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: THAT WHICH IS HIGH - the old are afrai... [ Continue Reading ]
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. OR EVER (I:E., BEFORE EVER) THE SILVER CORD ... - connected with Ecclesiastes 12:1, 'Remember thy Creator before that the silver cord of life is snapped... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. THE DUST - the dust-formed body; so called because formed from the dust, and also because of its weakness and pettiness. AND THE SPIRIT - surviving the body; implying its immortality. SHALL RE... [ Continue Reading ]
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. A summary of the first part. VANITY OF VANITIES. Resumption of the sentiment with which the book began (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 1 John 2:17). Verse 9. BECAUSE THE PREACHER WAS WISE ... YEA, HE GAVE GOOD HEED - Hebrew, 'izeen (H238); literally, he... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. A summary of the second, and the more important part. The whole forms the epilogue, an epitome of the book. Verse 13. HEAR THE CONCLUSION - the conclusion of the discourse: the... [ Continue Reading ]