George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 5:19
Delight, while he observes due moderation. His life passes away sweetly. (Calmet)
Delight, while he observes due moderation. His life passes away sweetly. (Calmet)
3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH. Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_ an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the graded hierarchy of officials...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13. THE GIFT. a gift....
_this is the gift of God_ The words indicate a return to the sense of dependence on the Divine bounty, which we have seen in chs. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:13. Life itself, and the outward goo...
_ECCLESIASTES 5:19_. EVERY _MAN ALSO TO WHOM,_ &C.— _And indeed any man, to whom God,_ &c. (_for this very thing is certainly a gift of God_) Ecclesiastes 5:20 _will not much remember the days of his...
c. Exhortation to enjoy the riches God permits Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 TEXT 5:18-20 18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which h...
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. EVERY MAN ALSO TO W...
DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...
_[Ecclesiastes 5:18]_ גַּ֣ם כָּֽל ־הָ אָדָ֡ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר...
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...
THE CONCLUSION. Ecclesiastes 5:18 For himself Coheleth has a very decided opinion on this point. He is quite sure that his first conclusion is sound, though for a moment he had questioned its soundne...
The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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...
EVERY MAN ALSO TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN RICHES AND WEALTH,.... Which include the whole of a man's substance; all his estate, personal and real; and all his goods and possessions, movable and immovable,...
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God. Ver. 19. _This is t...
_Every man also_, &c. “And whosoever he be whom God hath blessed, not only with plenty of worldly goods, but also with such a noble and generous mind that he is not their slave, but truly master of th...
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, as a blessing bestowed by God's loving-kindness, AND HATH GIVEN HIM POWER TO EAT THEREOF, AND TO TAKE HIS PORTION, in a lawful use of his wealt...
ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...
"FURTHERMORE, AS FOR EVERY MAN TO WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN RICHES AND WEALTH, HE HAS ALSO EMPOWERED HIM TO EAT FROM THEM AND TO RECEIVE HIS REWARD AND REJOICE IN HIS LABOR; THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD."WHOM GOD...
18-20 Life is God's gift. We must not view our calling as a drudgery, but take pleasure in the calling where God puts us. A cheerful spirit is a great blessing; it makes employments easy, and afflict...
HATH GIVEN HIM POWER, Heb. _hath given him the dominion_; who is the lord and master of his estate, not a slave to it. Of this and the former verse, SEE POOLE ON "ECCLESIASTES 2:24"; SEE POOLE ON "ECC...
Ecclesiastes 5:19 man H120 God H430 given H5414 (H8804) riches H6239 wealth H5233 power H7980 (H8689) eat...
BETTER THAN SEEKING RICHES IS TO SEEK TO ENJOY WALKING WITH GOD (ECCLESIASTES 5:18). Once again he falls back on his idea of a godly man. Here is the one who does find blessing from God. We should not...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The profit of the ea...
CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:20. HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE] An even joy is diffused through them—they pass smoothly and pleasantly along. _Answereth him in the joy of his hea...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...
Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...
1 Kings 3:13; Deuteronomy 8:18; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 2:24;...
To take — To use what God hath given him....