Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 5:12
Labouring man - Not a slave (Septuagint), but everyone who, according to the divine direction, earns his bread in the sweat of his brow.
Labouring man - Not a slave (Septuagint), but everyone who, according to the divine direction, earns his bread in the sweat of his brow.
Verse Ecclesiastes 5:12. _THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN_ IS _SWEET_] His labour is healthy exercise. He is without possessions, and without cares; his sleep, being undisturbed, is sound and refreshing....
3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH. Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_ an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the graded hierarchy of officials...
TO SLEEP. to sleep soundly....
_The sleep of a labouring man is sweet_ We may probably, as suggested in the "Ideal Biography" of the _Introduction_ch. iii., see in this reflection the reminiscence of a state with which the writer h...
THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN, &C.— The sixth and last instance, wherewith this fourth proof, and the whole argument in support of the first proposition, is concluded, is that of the insufficiency of r...
E. ADMONITIONS CONCERNING THE FUTILITY OF RICHES 5:106:12 1. Riches by themselves are vain. Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 a. They do not satisfy. Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 TEXT 5:10-12 10 He who loves money wil...
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN IS SWEET ... Another argument against...
DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...
_[Ecclesiastes 5:11]_ מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָ עֹבֵ֔ד אִם...
PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the Bo...
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...
AND A MORE HELPFUL AND CONSOLATORY TRUST IN THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Not content with this, however, the Preacher goes on to show how, when they returned from the House of God to the c...
AND TO TAKE FROM LIFE ITS QUIET AND INNOCENT ENJOYMENTS. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (e) Now surely a life so thick with perils, so beset with temptations, should have a very large and certain reward to offer....
The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the (i) abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. (i) That is, his great abundance of riches, or the surfeiting...
_Owner. When they are taken away, they bring greater sorrow, (Calmet) and even when present, they fill the mind with anxiety. (Haydock)_...
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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...
THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN [IS] SWEET, WHETHER HE EAT LITTLE OR MUCH,.... Or "of a servant" i, who enjoys sleep equally as a king; a tiller of the ground, as Jarchi; who also interprets it of one th...
_The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep._ Ver. 12. _The sleep of a labouring man is sweet._] Sleep is the n...
_The sleep of a labouring man is sweet_ Because he is free from those cares and fears wherewith the minds of rich men are often distracted, and their sleep disturbed; _whether he eat little_ For his w...
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, sound and healthful, WHETHER HE EAT LITTLE OR MUCH, whether he has a generous supply of food or must be satisfied with nourishment just sufficient to sustain life...
ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...
"THE SLEEP OF THE WORKING MAN IS PLEASANT, WHETHER HE EATS LITTLE OR MUCH. BUT THE FULL STOMACH OF THE RICH MAN DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO SLEEP." Points To Note: 1 Riches also bring anxiety. Those who ha...
9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better tha...
IS SWEET; because he is free from those cares and fears, wherewith the minds of rich men are oft distracted, and their sleep disturbed. WHETHER HE EAT LITTLE, then his weariness disposeth him to sleep...
Ecclesiastes 5:12 sleep H8142 man H5647 (H8802) sweet H4966 eats H398 (H8799) little H4592 much H7235 ...
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BURDENS AND PROBLEMS OF WEALTH (ECCLESIASTES 5:8). Here we find a total contrast to the first seven verses. There the thought was of attitude towards God. Now we move on to the atti...
Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The profit of the ea...
Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
_Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ REVERENCE AND FIDELITY This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ecclesiastes 5:10_ THE IMPOTENCE OF WEALTH Wealth, though it confers great social influence and power, has yet some elements of weakness, and fails when the sever...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...
Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...
Jeremiah 31:26; Proverbs 3:24; Psalms 127:2; Psalms 4:8...