CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 4:1. SO I RETURNED.] Passing from the reflections of the last chapter to a new subject of contemplation. _They had no comforter_. The repetition of this phrase is intended to make the thought emphatic. ECCLESIASTES 4:4. EVERY RIGHT WORK.] Every work marked by excellen... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 4:5. EATETH HIS OWN FLESH.] Accomplishes his own ruin by indolence, exhausts his fortune, preys upon himself like one mad with hunger. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Ecclesiastes 4:4_ THE PENALTIES OF SUCCESS We have hero the case of a man who has escaped many i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 4:10. IF THEY FALL.] Not both together, but if one or the other falls. ECCLESIASTES 4:12. A THREEFOLD CORD.] Two cords would only suggest plurality, but three give the idea of strength. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ecclesiastes 4:7_ PORTRAIT OF A MAMMON WORSH... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 4:13. BETTER IS A POOR AND A WISE CHILD.] Not in the moral point of view, but happier—better off. ECCLESIASTES 4:14. FOR OUT OF PRISON HE COMETH TO REIGN.] Reference is made to the youth mentioned in the previous verse. The writer may have had the history of Joseph in... [ Continue Reading ]