George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Earnestly. Live in delights, or perform many good works, chap. ii. 5. Our Lord seems to allude to this passage. What thou dost, do quickly, John xiii. 27.
Earnestly. Live in delights, or perform many good works, chap. ii. 5. Our Lord seems to allude to this passage. What thou dost, do quickly, John xiii. 27.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:10. _WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO_] Examine here the WHAT the HOW, and the WHY. I. _What_ is necessary to be done in this life, in reference to another? 1. Turn from sin....
Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1. After the description Ecclesiastes 9:5 of the portionless condition of the dead, the n...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The common fate (Ecclesiastes 9:1)_ 2. Make the best of life (Ecclesiastes 9:7) 3. The great uncertainty (Ecclesiastes 9:11)...
ECCLESIASTES 8:16 TO ECCLESIASTES 9:16. LIFE'S RIDDLE BAFFLES THE WISEST QUEST. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16_ b_ describes the ceaseless effort of the keen student of life, or perhaps the fate
THY HAND FINDETH TO DO. Hand put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the strength put forth by it (Leviticus 12:8; Leviticus 25:28). DO IT WITH THY MIGHT. do it while thou art able,...
_Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do_ Here again men have interpreted the maxim according to their characters; some seeing in "whatsoever thy hand findeth" simply opportunities for enjoyment; others tak...
DISCOURSE: 841 EARNESTNESS IN RELIGION RECOMMENDED Ecclesiastes 9:10. _Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the gra...
IN THE GRAVE WHITHER THOU GOEST— _In the abode of the dead whither thou goest._ See Peters on Job, p. 324. We have here the _second inference._ Whatever may be the use of other faculties to be acquire...
4. Work regardless of the similar fate of the godly and the ungodly. Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 TEXT 9:1-10 1 For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their d...
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. WHATSOEVER (namely, in the service of God) TH...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
Be not half-hearted in any duty. The present alone is yours: cp. 'in diligence not slothful' (Romans 12:11 RV). In St. Paul's day the darkness had been lighted up, and this precept consequently transf...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 9 EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
THY HAND FINDETH. — Leviticus 12:8; Judges 9:33; and margin, _reff._ THE GRAVE. — _Sheol_ (John 9:4)....
כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַ עֲשֹׂ֥ות...
THE CHIEF GOOD NOT TO BE FOUND IN WISDOM: Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his final course...
NOR IN PLEASURE: Ecclesiastes 9:7 Imagine, then, a Jew brought to the bitter pass which Coheleth has described. He has acquainted himself with wisdom, native and foreign; and wisdom has led him to co...
In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (9) Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, al...
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...
WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO,.... Not anything that is evil, which is near at hand, and easy to be found, and is in the power of men's hands to do, Romans 7:21; for this is forbidden of God, abom...
_Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest._ Ver. 10. _Whatsoever thy hand finds to do...
_Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do_, &c. Whatever thou hast opportunity and ability to, in the duties of thy calling, or for the glory of God and the good of thy fellow creatures; _do it with all thy...
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, whatever task falls to man's lot in life, whether in daily labor or in any other undertaking begun in the name of the Lord, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT, with vigor and ener...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
"WHATEVER YOUR HANDS FINDS TO DO, VERILY, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT; FOR THERE IS NO ACTIVITY OR PLANNING OR WISDOM IN SHEOL WHERE YOU ARE GOING."WHATEVER….DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT" -i.e. what you ca...
4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their conditi...
WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, what thou hast opportunity and ability to do in the duties of thy calling, and in order to thy comfort and benefit, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT; with unwearied diligence, a...
Ecclesiastes 9:10 hand H3027 finds H4672 (H8799) do H6213 (H8800) do H6213 (H8798) might H3581 work...
THE RIGHTEOUS MUST THEREFORE FIND JOY IN THEIR PRESENT LIFE FOR THERE IS NONE BEYOND THE GRAVE (ECCLESIASTES 9:7). The Preacher is still considering the facts on which he is to make his final decision...
CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS, WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
THERE IS NO WORK Verse 10 (Ecclesiastes 9:10) is no more a divine revelation concerning the state of the dead than any other conclusion of "the Preacher" (Ecclesiastes 1:1) is such a revelation. Reas...
Ecclesiastes 9:10 What, then, is the work which we are placed here to do? Our work is to prepare for eternity. This brief, busy, passing life is the time of our probation, our trial whether we will be...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the business of life and using wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for dea...
Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
_Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might._ OF INDUSTRY IN GENERAL By industry we understand a serious and steady application of mind, joined with a vigorous exercise of our active fac...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:7 When godly people find enjoyment in life, they know that it is due to God’s “approval” or “favor” (v. Ecclesiastes 9:7; compare...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:8. LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE; AND LET THY HEAD LACK NO OINTMENT] No literal observance of these circumstances of external appearance is intended; but rather an...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 9:1 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper world. ECCLESIASTES 9:1 This continues the subject treated abo...
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
1 Chronicles 22:19; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:3;...
Whatsoever — Whatever thou hast opportunity and ability to do, do it with unwearied diligence, and vigour and expedition. For — Thou canst neither design nor act any thing there tending to thy own com...