while the sun, or the light, the refreshing beauty of the morning light, or the moon, or the stars be not darkened, when the light of youthful life is darkened by the shadows of advancing old age, nor the clouds return after the rain, one misfortune or calamity following another;
Verse Ecclesiastes 12:2. _WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS,_ _BE NOT DARKENED_] i.e., in the SPRING, prime, and prosperity of life. _NOR THE CLOUDS RETURN_] The infirmities of o...
WHILE ... NOT - Or, Before. The darkening of the lights of heaven denotes a time of affliction and sadness. Compare Ezekiel 32:7; Job 3:9; Isaiah 5:30. Contrast this representation of old age with...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_ 2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9) Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the concludin
ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
EPILOGUE. Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
_while the sun, or the light_ The imagery falls in naturally with the thought that the approach of death is represented by the gathering of a tempest. It does not follow, however, that this excludes t...
THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE, _From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._ The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter, enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT.— _Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain._ Ecclesiastes 12:3. _In the day when the keepers of the hou...
G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8 TEXT 12:2-8 2 before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day that the watchmen of...
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...
IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT 1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind and body are failing, it will be too late. 1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 12 YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8 V1 Remember who...
Here the style rises, and we have a figurative description of the “evil days;” but, as sometimes happens in the case of highly wrought poetry, it is much easier to perceive the general effect intended...
עַ֠ד אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא ־תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ הַ שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ ו
FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
“THE END OF THE MATTER” Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful. The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only our tenement. Ou...
The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the (a) clouds return after the rain: (a) Before you come to a continual misery: for when the clouds remain after the rai...
Before the sun, &c. That is, before old age: the effects of which upon all the senses and faculties are described in the following verses, under a variety of figures. (Challoner) --- All are exhorted...
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: (3) In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow...
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...
WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS, BE NOT DARKENED,.... The wise man proceeds to describe the infirmities of old age, and the troubles that attend it; in order to engage young men...
_While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:_ Ver. 2. _While the sun, or the light, or the moon, &c., _] _i.e., _ While greater and...
_While the sun, or the light_, &c. Hebrews _While the sun, and the light, and the moon_, &c. That clause, _and the light_, seems to be added to signify, that he speaks of the darkening of the sun, and...
"BEFORE THE SUN, THE LIGHT, THE MOON, AND THE STARS ARE DARKENED, AND CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN;"BEFORE THE SUN" -note the declining order, the sun, which is the most powerful giver of light, then...
1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS BE NOT DARKENED, Heb. _While the sun, and the light, and the moon_, &c. That clause, _and the light_, seems to be added to signify that he speaks...
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‘Before the sun and the light and the moon are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain. In the day when the keepers of the house will tremble, and the strong men will bend themselves, and the g...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth:_ Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice, «Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _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;_ Do not give God the dre...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love of mirth, the indulgence...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ _Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim, Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20. Certai...
_The clouds return after the rain._ SORROW UNSPEAKABLE Coming home from the burial of his little Agnes, the late Nehemiah Adams, D.D., of Boston, drew out of his pocket the ribbon-tied key of her cas...
_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._ THE CREATOR REMEMBERED How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 12:1 The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter. REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1), It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; Ecclesiastes 11:7;...
THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
Which — Heb. While the sun, and the light, and the moon, &c. That clause, and the light, seems to be added to signify that he speaks of the darkening of the sun, and moon, and stars; not in themselves...