Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. WHO IS THE WISE MEN? Praise of true wisdom continued, (Ecclesiastes 7:11, etc.) "Who" is to be accounted "equal to the wise man?" KNOWET... [ Continue Reading ]
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. THE KING'S COMMANDMENT - Yahweh, peculiarly the King of Israel in the theocracy: Ecclesiastes 8:3, prove it is not the earthly king who is meant (). IN REGARD OF THE OATH OF GOD - i:e., on account of the oblig... [ Continue Reading ]
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. BE NOT HASTY. The Hebrew (Niphal voice: tibaaheel (H926)) means literally, 'Be not terror-struck, so as to go out of His sight.' The Piel tebaheel, which some copies read, is more commonly used... [ Continue Reading ]
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? WHERE THE WORD OF A (THE) KING (IS, THERE IS) POWER. God's very "Word" is "power." So the Gospel Word (; ). Maurer translates (Baasher), 'Because that the word of the King is powerful.' WHO MAY SAY UNTO HIM -... [ Continue Reading ]
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. SHALL FEEL (EXPERIENCE) NO EVIL THING - really and lastingly hurting him. Present trials shall prove everlasting blessings (). A WISE MAN'S HEART DISCERNETH BOTH TIME (ECCLESIASTES... [ Continue Reading ]
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. BECAUSE TO EVERY PURPOSE (HEBREW, cheepets (H2656 ): DESIRE) THERE IS TIME AND JUDGMENT - because the foolish sinner does not think of the right "times" and the "judgment." But the repetition of th... [ Continue Reading ]
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? FOR (HEBREW, kiy (H3588 ), AS BEFORE: BECAUSE) HE KNOWETH - an exemplification of man's "great misery" (Ecclesiastes 8:6). The sinner, by neglecting times (e.g., "the accepted time, and the day of salvation" 2 Corinthi... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. NO MAN ... HATH POWER OVER THE SPIRIT - breath of life (), as the words following r... [ Continue Reading ]
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. (THERE IS) A TIME WHEREIN ONE MAN RULETH OVER ANOTHER TO HIS OWN HURT. The tyrannical 'ruler hurts' not merely his subjects, but himself; so... [ Continue Reading ]
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. AND SO (OR, THEN) I SAW THE WICKED - (Ezekiel 32:23; ; .) The grave puts an end to the temporary oppression exercised by the wicked.... [ Continue Reading ]
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. BECAUSE SENTENCE AGAINST AN EVIL WORK ... The reason why the wicked persevere in sin: God's delay in judgment (; 2 Peter 3:8). 'They see not the smoke of the pit... [ Continue Reading ]
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: THOUGH A SINNER DO EVIL AN HUNDRED TIMES ... He says this, lest the sinner should abuse the statement (), "A wicked man prolongeth his life... [ Continue Reading ]
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG - not a contradiction to . The 'prolonging' of his days there is only seeming, not real. Taking into account his eternal existence, his... [ Continue Reading ]
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. THERE BE JUST (MEN) ... An objection is her... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. THAN TO EAT, AND TO DRINK. There is no "better thing," as regards the things... [ Continue Reading ]
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) WHEN I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW WISDOM ... - When I applied myself to observe man's toils after happiness (some of them so inc... [ Continue Reading ]