When I applied mine heart to know wisdom The opening formula has met us before in ch. Ecclesiastes 1:13. The parenthetical clause expresses, with a familiar imagery, the sleepless meditation that had sought in vain the solution of the problem which the order and disorder of the world presented. So Cicero (ad Fam. vii. 30) says "Fuit mirificâ vigilantiâ qui toto suo consulatu somnum non vidit."
Verse 16. _WHEN I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW WISDOM_] This is the reply of the wise man: "I have also considered these seeming contradictions. God governs the world; but we cannot see the reasons of...
These verses supplement Ecclesiastes 8:15 with the reflection that the man who goes beyond that limited sphere within which he can labor and be contented, and investigates the whole work of God, will...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Prudence before kings (Ecclesiastes 8:1)_ 2. Of the righteous and the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:11) 3. The conclusion (Ecclesiastes 8:14)...
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
BUSINESS. travail. FOR ALSO THERE IS, &C.. how that one doth not see sleep with his eyes by day or by night. Figure of speech _Catachresis_ (App-6)....
TO SEE THE BUSINESS THAT IS DONE UPON THE EARTH— _To observe the occupations of man upon the earth; and that even day and night he doth not see sleep with his eyes,_ Ecclesiastes 8:17. _Then I underst...
3. Work even when one cannot understand the working of God. Ecclesiastes 8:14-17 TEXT 8:14-17 14 There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens ac...
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) WHEN I APPLIED MINE HEART TO...
8:16 business (d-13) Or 'travail,' as ch. 2.23....
KINGS'COURTS NEED WARY WALKING 1-17. Be discreet in relation with a ruler. God's purpose must be carried out. His rule must be righteous, though this is often not seen in actual life. God's ways are...
FOR ALSO, etc.] RM 'how that neither by day nor by night do men see sleep with their eyes.'...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 8 THE WISE WAY TO OBEY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY – ECCLESIASTES 8:1-9...
It would have been better if the new chapter had been made to begin here. The sentiment is that already expressed in Ecclesiastes 3:11. SEETH SLEEP WITH HIS EYES. — Psalms 132:4; Proverbs 6:4;...
כַּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת ־לִבִּי֙ לָ דַ֣עַת
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 Li...
Ecclesiastes 8:1 THE QUEST IN THE GOLDEN MEAN. Ecclesiastes 7:1; Ecclesiastes 8:1 There be many that say, "Who will show us any gold?" mistaking gold for their god or good. For though th
In this division, dealing with the evidences of the vanity of life, the preacher sets forth certain deductions. The highest wisdom is submission to things as they are. Who knows anything? he asks. The...
_Distraction of politicians, (Grotius) and of all human affairs._...
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. (12) Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be p...
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...
WHEN I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW WISDOM,.... The nature and causes of things; the wisdom of God in his providence, and the grounds and reasons of his various dispensations towards the children of men...
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) Ver. 16. _When I applied min...
_When I applied my heart to know wisdom_ He seems to be here assigning the reason of that judgment which he had now passed, (Ecclesiastes 8:15,) which reason is, that he had diligently studied wherein...
OVER AGAINST TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE...
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth, the travail and trouble caused by his anxious search for the grounds and aims of human action, fate, and...
"WHEN. GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW WISDOM AND TO SEE THE TASK WHICH HAS BEEN DONE ON THE EARTH (EVEN THOUGH ONE SHOULD NEVER SLEEP DAY OR NIGHT)," Solomon's task was two fold: 1. To know what is and what i...
14-17 Faith alone can establish the heart in this mixed scene, where the righteous often suffer, and the wicked prosper. Solomon commended joy, and holy security of mind, arising from confidence in G...
I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW WISDOM: this he seems to add as the reason of that judgment which he had now passed, ECCLESIASTES 8:15, because he had diligently studied wherein man's wisdom did consist,...
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THE PROBLEM OF THE WICKED WHO DIE UNPUNISHED (ECCLESIASTES 8:10). The writer now turns to consideration of how and why the wicked die unpunished, and the fact that justice is only carelessly applied,...
CHAPTER 8 ADVICE WITH REGARD TO SERVING THE KING. THE PROBLEM OF THE DEATH OF THE WICKED. His survey now digresses to consider a wise man's responsibility when serving the king, followed by a number...
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: Wisdom recommended as an antidote against the temptations and vexations arising from the vanity of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Heavenly wisdom makes a man a good man, e...
Ecclesiastes 8:1. _Who is as the wise man; and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?_ In the Vulgate these two questions end the seventh chapter, to which they evidently belong. Placing them at t...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 8:14. THERE IS A VANITY WHICH IS DONE UPON THE EARTH.] These seeming anomalies in the moral government of God are part of that vanity to which man has been made subject...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 8:1 Section 5. There is no use in repining or rebelling; _true wisdom counsels obedience to the powers that be_,_ and submission to the dispensations of Providence_._ _Howeve...
Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandmen...
Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25;...
To see — To observe mens various designs and employments, and their unwearied labours about worldly things. For there is — Having now mentioned the business which is done, or which man doth, upon eart...