Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 9:3
An evil — A great trouble to a good man. Is full — Of wickedness. Madness — They go on madly and desperately in evil courses. They go — After all, they die in the same manner as the best men do.
An evil — A great trouble to a good man. Is full — Of wickedness. Madness — They go on madly and desperately in evil courses. They go — After all, they die in the same manner as the best men do.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:3. _THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN IS FULL OF EVIL_] No wonder then that the curse of God should be frequent in the earth....
Compare Ecclesiastes 8:11. The seeming indiscriminateness of the course of events tends to encourage evil-disposed men in their folly....
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
AN EVIL. The Preposition (= B) in _bebol,_ gives the force of the superlative: i.e. the greatest or worst calamity of all, &c. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'_ App-44. UNDER THE SUN. See note on Eccl...
_This is an evil among all things_ The pessimism of the thinker returns once more upon him, and he falls into the strain which we have heard before in chs. Ecclesiastes 2:14-16; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Ecc...
DISCOURSE: 840 THE WICKEDNESS, MADNESS, AND MISERY OF UNREGENERATE MEN Ecclesiastes 9:3. _The heart of the sons of men is full of evil; and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that,...
THIS IS AN EVIL AMONG ALL THINGS— _This is an evil in all that happeneth under the sun, that the fate of all is alike; and also that the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil. Nay, they love that...
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...
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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...
We have again the sentiments expressed in Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Ecclesiastes 5:15; Ecclesiastes 6:12
זֶ֣ה ׀ רָ֗ע בְּ כֹ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר ־נַעֲשָׂה֙ תַּ֣ח
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...
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...
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,...
This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one (b) event to all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while th...
_Evil. People hence take occasion to indulge in vice, (chap. viii. 14.) though the conduct of God be irreproachable. (Calmet) --- Shall. Hebrew, "they go to the dead." (Haydock) --- Many think that th...
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a...
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...
THIS [IS] AN EVIL AMONG ALL [THINGS] THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN, THAT [THERE IS] ONE EVENT UNTO ALL,.... A very great evil, a very sore one, the worst of evils. Not an evil, as the providence of God...
This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they...
_All things come alike to all_ The good and evil things of this world equally happen to good and bad men; _as is the good, so is the sinner_ As to all outward things. _This is an evil_, &c. A great tr...
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all, that they are all subject to the same destiny, as it seems to the observer; YEA, ALSO THE HEART OF THE S...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
"THIS IS AN EVIL IN ALL THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN, THAT THERE IS ONE FATE FOR ALL MEN. FURTHERMORE, THE HEARTS OF THE SONS OF MEN ARE FULL OF EVIL, AND INSANITY IS IN THEIR HEARTS THROUGHOUT THEIR LI...
1-3 We are not to think our searching into the word or works of God useless, because we cannot explain all difficulties. We may learn many things good for ourselves and useful to others. But man cann...
AN EVIL; a great trouble and temptation to a considerate and good man. THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN, of wicked men, such as the generality of mankind are, IS FULL OF EVIL; either, 1. Of grief upon th...
Ecclesiastes 9:3 evil H7451 done H6213 (H8738) sun H8121 one H259 thing H4745 hearts H3820 sons H1121 men...
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...
‘This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that...
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...
_The heart of the sons of men is full of evil._ SCRIPTURAL STATEMENT OF THE DOCTRINES OF HUMAN CORRUPTION, AND OF THE RENEWAL OF THE HEART TO HOLINESS I. Man’s natural corruption. 1. One prevailing...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:1 No matter how difficult or humble a person’s circumstances may be, those circumstances are to be preferred to dying, because A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LI...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:2. ONE EVENT.] An equal chance or happening—the wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2:14, and Ecclesiastes 3:19). Chance, in this use of the
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...
2 Peter 2:16; Acts 12:23; Acts 26:11; Acts 26:24; Ecclesiastes 1:17;...