George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 1:3
Labour. People fight for a mere point; for such is the earth compared with the universe. (Seneca, q. Nat.) Hoc est punctum, &c., Matthew xvi. 26.
Labour. People fight for a mere point; for such is the earth compared with the universe. (Seneca, q. Nat.) Hoc est punctum, &c., Matthew xvi. 26.
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:3. _WHAT PROFIT HATH A MAN_] What is the sum of the real good he has gained by all his toils in life? They, in themselves, have neither made him _contented_ nor _happy_....
WHAT PROFIT ... - The question often repeated is the great practical inquiry of the book; it receives its final answer in Ecclesiastes 12:13. When this question was asked, the Lord had not yet spoken...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS PART I. Chapter S 1-6 1. The Prologue and the Search Begun CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction and prologue (Ecclesiastes 1:1)_ 2. The seeker; his method and the results (Ecc...
ECCLESIASTES 1:2 may be called an introduction to the book; it also presents the writer's conclusions. He has surveyed life from many angles and decided that all human effort is fruitless and unavaili...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam_. the natural man. App-14. LABOUR. toil. UNDER THE SUN. This expression is peculiar to this book, and occurs twenty-nine times: (Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 1:9;...
_What profit hath a man_ The question is, it is obvious, as in the analogous question of Matthew 16:26, the most emphatic form of a negation. For "all his labour which he taketh" read ALL HIS TOIL WHI...
_THIS EARTHLY LIFE IS VAIN-- ECCLESIASTES 1:1-4:_ The Book of Ecclesiastes is the preacher's sermon. The book is one continued speech or sermon from Solomon. Solomon is called by several different nam...
VANITY OF VANITIES— _Vanity of vanities,_ according to the Hebrew idiom, signifies, _the greatest vanity._ The original word הבל _hebel,_ signifies, properly, _steam_ or _vapour,_ and is used to denot...
WHAT PROFIT— The word יתרון _iithron,_ rendered _profit,_ signifies the _surplus,_ or that which remains after allowance is made for toils and fatigue, &c. It occurs eleven times in this book; and I t...
C. EXPLANATION: 3-11 1. Man cannot show a profit of all his labor under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:3 TEXT 1:3 3 What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the sun? THOUGHT QUES...
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? WHAT PROOF HATH A MAN OF ALL HIS LABOUR - i:e., "What profit" as to the chief good? (.) Labour is profitable in its proper pl...
ALL IS VANITY 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the life of man, or the natural forces of heat, air, and...
WHAT PROFIT] Man toils; but even granting that he gains some tangible result, he cannot retain....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES THE AUTHOR The word ‘Ecclesiastes’ tells us about the author...
(3-11) Man is perpetually toiling, yet of all his toil there remains no abiding result. The natural world exhibits a spectacle of unceasing activity, with no real progress. The sun, the winds, the wat...
WHAT PROFIT. — The Hebrew word occurs ten times in this book (Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ec
מַה ־יִּתְרֹ֖ון לָֽ † אָדָ֑ם בְּ כָל...
THE PROLOGUE In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Indirectly Stated Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE search for the _ summum bonum_, the quest of the Chief Good, is the theme of the book Ecclesiastes. Naturally...
THE TESTIMONY OF AN UNSATISFIED SOUL Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 _All is vanity_! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod meant man to be happy. “These things,” said our Lord, “I...
The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12, it leaves no room for doubt that he is Solomon. In stating his theme he empl...
What profit hath a man of all his (c) labour which he taketh under the sun? (c) Solomon does not condemn man's labour or diligence, but shows that there is no full contentment in anything under the h...
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (4) One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever. (5) The sun also ariseth, and the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
WHAT PROFIT HATH A MAN OF ALL HIS LABOUR WHICH HE TAKETH UNDER THE SUN?] This is a general proof of the vanity of all things, since there is no profit arises to a man of all his labour; for, though it...
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Ver. 3. _What profit hath a man?_] What durable profit? _Quid residui?_ what excess? what more than will serve to satisfy back...
_What profit_ What real and abiding benefit? None at all. All is unprofitable as to the attainment of that happiness which all men are inquiring after. _Of all his labour_ Hebrew, _his toilsome labour...
GENERAL INTRODUCTION...
What profit, what lasting value, what enduring advantage, HATH A MAN OF ALL HIS LABOR, the toil and exertion with which he fatigues himself, WHICH HE TAKETH UNDER THE SUN? The author does not say that...
"WHAT ADVANTAGE DOES MAN HAVE IN ALL HIS WORK WHICH HE DOES UNDER THE SUN?"WHAT ADVANTAGE" -"lasting advantage" (Sept). Carefully note this isn't. statement issued by. lazy person,. teenager trying to...
1-3 Much is to be learned by comparing one part of Scripture with another. We here behold Solomon returning from the broken and empty cisterns of the world, to the Fountain of living water; recording...
WHAT PROFIT? or, as others render it, _What remainder_ ? What real and abiding benefit hath a man by it? None at all. All is unprofitable, as to the attainment of that happiness which Solomon here is,...
Ecclesiastes 1:3 profit H3504 man H120 labor H5999 toils H5998 (H8799) sun H8121 profit -...
CHAPTER 1 THE VAINNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS OF LIFE. All Is Vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:1). Ecclesiastes 1:1 ‘The words of the preacher (Qoheleth - assembly leader), the son of David, king in Jerusalem.'...
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The search for the _summum bonum_, the quest of the chief good, is the theme of the book of Ecclesiastes. Naturally we look to find this theme, this problem, this "riddle of the painf...
Ecclesiastes 1:2 I. This passage is the preamble to the book; it ushers us at once into its realms of dreariness. It is as if he said, "It is all a weary go-round. There are no novelties, no wonders,...
CONTENTS: The doctrine of the vanity of the creature, and the impossibility of finding satisfaction without God. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All things, considered as abstract from God, an...
Ecclesiastes 1:2. _Vanity of vanities._ This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of songs, &c. He adds, “vexation of spirit,” because his re...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:1 Introduction and Theme. The speaker introduces himself and his theme. ⇐...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:3 WHAT DOES MAN GAIN? This repeated question (Ecclesiastes 3:9;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 1:2. VANITY.] The Hebrew word is Hebel (Abel) the name given to one of the sons of Adam. The subjection of the whole creation to vanity was soon observed and felt. ECCLE...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 1:1 THE TITLE. THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER, THE SON OF DAVID, KING IN JERUSALEM; Septuagint, "King of Israel in Jerusalem" (comp.Ecclesiastes 1:12). The word rendered "Preacher...
Book of Ecclesiastes begins, The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem (Ecclesiastes 1:1). So that identifies the author as Solomon. The Hebrew word that is translated preacher i...
Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 3:9;...
THE MAN UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our booklet on Ecclesiastes for a quotation. 1. ECCLESIASTES S...
What profit — What real and abiding benefit? None at all. All is unprofitable as to the attainment of that happiness which all men are enquiring after. His labour — Heb. his toilsome labour, both of b...