Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Enjoy — That he should thankfully take, and freely and chearfully enjoy the comforts which God gives him. It was — A singular gift of God.
Enjoy — That he should thankfully take, and freely and chearfully enjoy the comforts which God gives him. It was — A singular gift of God.
Verse 24. THERE IS _NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN_] The sense of this passage is well expressed in the following lines: - "For these disorders wouldst thou find a cure, Such cure as human frailty would a...
Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...
CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES _ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_ 2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12) Ecclesiastes 2:1
The best thing for a man is to get what pleasure he can out of life. And after all this is the Divine scheme of life, the ordinance of God. No one can eat or be happy apart from Him (see _mg.)._ Eccle...
ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
NOTHING BETTER. no goodness. BETTER. Occurs in Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Eccl
_There is nothing better for a man_ The Hebrew, as it stands, gives a meaning which is partly represented by the LXX., "There is no good for a man which he shall eat and drink," as though the simplest...
_THE VANITY OF GATHERING -- ECCLESIASTES 2:24-26:_ Solomon said that the best thing that a man can do is enjoy in a cheerful and comfortable manner the good he has received from the hand of God. He sh...
THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN, &C.— This verse literally runs thus; _No good in man that he eateth and drinketh, and maketh his soul to see good in his labour; that itself I perceived, that it com...
c. Labor is good only when it is acknowledged as from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 TEXT 2:24-26 24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor i...
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. (THERE IS) NOTHIN...
2:24 enjoy (e-21) Lit. 'see,' as ver. 1....
EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
EAT AND DRINK] enjoy in moderation the good things of life: cp. Jeremiah 22:15....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
NOTHING BETTER. — “Not good” is the sense of the Hebrew as it stands, for it will be observed that the word “than” is in italics. But as this word might easily have dropped out by a transcriber’s erro...
אֵֽין ־טֹ֤וב בָּ † אָדָם֙ שֶׁ יֹּאכַ֣ל...
Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should (p) make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God. (p) Whe...
_Drink, using with moderation the things which we have acquired, rather than to be solicitous for more, (Worthington) --- which may fall into the hands of an idle heir, who is appointed by God, ver. 2...
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. (17) Therefore I ha...
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...
[THERE IS] NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN [THAN] THAT HE SHOULD EAT AND DRINK,.... Not in an immoderate and voluptuous manner, like the epicure and the atheist, that disbelieve a future state and the resurr...
Ecclesiastes 2:24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of...
_There is nothing better_ Or, _Is there any thing better for a man?_ Which implies that there is nothing better, namely, for man's present comfort and satisfaction; _than that he should make his soul...
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor, cheerfully making use of all the blessings which God bestows on His childr...
THE VANITY OF LABOR IN ITSELF...
SHOULD MAKE HIS SOUL ENJOY: Or, delight his senses...
"THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR. MAN THAN TO EAT AND DRINK AND TELL HIMSELF THAT HIS LABOR IS GOOD. THIS ALSO. HAVE SEEN, THAT IT IS FROM THE HAND OF GOD." Points To Note: 1 Solomon isn't saying, "Eat,...
18-26 Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See...
THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN; or, Is there _any thing better for a man_ ? which implies that there is nothing better, to wit, for man's present comfort and satisfaction; this is the chief, and in...
Ecclesiastes 2:24 better H2896 man H120 eat H398 (H8799) drink H8354 (H8804) soul H5315 enjoy H7200 ...
HIS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION (ECCLESIASTES 2:24). Ecclesiastes 2:24 ‘There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good as a result of (in) his efforts. I...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18. Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy, _it is mad._ Chald...
_There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour._ THE SIMPLE JOYS OF GODLY INDUSTRY We are not to regard these words a...
_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._ THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:24 If a person does not believe his work will have a lasting impact on the world, the best he can hope for is to FIND ENJOYMENT in TOIL and in God’s simple gifts of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 2:24. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN THAN THAT HE SHOULD EAT AND DRINK] Not in the Epicurean sense, worshipping the triad of sensual life—eat, drink, and be merry; bu...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._ ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a course of sensua...
So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with [pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1). So we read in the New Testament the ep...
1 Timothy 6:17; Acts 14:17; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18;...
WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...
VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 2:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...
Is Solomon commending hedonism here? PROBLEM: Solomon concluded, “There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor.” But this is h...