Things - Namely, the various circumstances detailed in the foregoing chapters, from the Preacher’s personal experience, and his observation of other people, ending with the comprehensive declaration in Ecclesiastes 6:10 to the effect that vanity is an essential part of the constitution of creation as it now exists, and was foreknown.
What is man the better? - Rather, what is profitable to man?
CHAPTER 6 DISHEARTENING CONTRADICTIONS _ 1. Riches--Inability to enjoy them (Ecclesiastes 6:1)_ 2. Having All--Yet no fill of the soul (Ecclesiastes 6:3) 3. The sad ending wail (Eccle
ECCLESIASTES 6. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND FATE. Parallel with the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires ar...
_there be many things that increase vanity_ The Hebrew noun, as so often throughout the book, may stand either for _things_or _words_. In the former case, the maxim points to the pressure of affairs,...
SEEING THERE BE MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY— _For there are many arguments to shew the multitude of vanities which prevail on the earth._ Desvoeux: who concludes the verse here, and begins the 12...
4. Reasons why it is useless to strive for riches Ecclesiastes 6:10-12 TEXT 6:10-12 10 Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is str...
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY. The more wealth the more vanity. WHAT (IS) MAN THE BETTER? "Seeing" that man cannot esc...
LIFE AN ENIGMA 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
THINGS] RM 'words,' perhaps the profitless discussions common in the philosophical schools (e.g. on fate and free-will)....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 6 A PERSON’S LIFE THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY – ECCLESIASTES 6:1-6...
THINGS. — We might also translate “words.”...
כִּ֛י יֵשׁ ־דְּבָרִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֖ה מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל...
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty. Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of...
_Disputing. Are we better acquainted with nature than former ages? This is another subject of confusion. (Calmet)_...
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the...
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...
SEEING THERE BE MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY,.... As appears by all that has been said in this and the preceding Chapter s; such as wisdom and knowledge, wealth and riches, pleasure, power, and au...
_Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?_ Ver. 11. _Seeing there be many things that increase._] Seeing it is in vain to wrestle or wrangle with God, to seek to wa...
_Seeing there be many things which increase vanity_ This seems to be added as a conclusion from all the foregoing Chapter s; seeing not only man is a vain creature in himself, but there are also many...
OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, on account of the many trials, dangers, and changes of fortune with which man must contend, WHAT IS MAN THE BETTER? namely, in possessing wealth or th...
"FOR THERE ARE MANY WORDS WHICH INCREASE FUTILITY. WHAT THEN IS THE ADVANTAGE TO. MAN?"MANY WORDS WHICH INCREASE FUTILITY" -There are many human arguments which in the end are only vanity. "Even thoug...
7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as...
This seems to be added as a conclusion of the disputation managed in all the foregoing Chapter s, SEEING not only man is a vain creature in himself, as hath been now said, but _there are also many_ ot...
Ecclesiastes 6:11 are H3426 many H7235 (H8687) things H1697 increase H7235 (H8688) vanity H1892 man H120 be
MAN SHOULD NOT SEE HIMSELF AS ANYTHING SPECIAL (ECCLESIASTES 6:10). The section closes with the warning that man should not see himself as anything special. Like all creatures he was named by God (Gen...
Ecclesiastes 6:10 I. Fate is fixed. All the past was the result of a previous destiny, and so shall be all the future. Such is the sentiment of the third chapter, and such appears to be the import of...
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...
CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly wealth as pertaining only to the body. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Man deprives himself of the good he might have had of his worldly possessions by not cons...
Ecclesiastes 6:2. _But a stranger eateth it._ The richer families in Israel had often foreign servants, who rose to influence in their master's house. But greater was the affliction from invading armi...
_That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man._ SOLOMON’S DARK IDEAS OF LIFE He says in effect-- I. Fate is fixed. “That which hath been.” Everything is fate. Most men feel...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 6:10 To “name” something is to exercise authority over it. God is the one who has NAMED all things, and therefore he rules over all. It is foolish for mere mortals to...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 6:6. DO NOT ALL GO TO ONE PLACE?] All go to School—“the house of assembly of all living” (Job 30:23). There all arrive equally poor; nor is the chance afforded them to r...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 6:1 Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of wealth are alike the free gif...
Now there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it's common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires (E...
Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 1:6; Ecclesiastes 2:3;...
Seeing — This seems to be added as a conclusion from all the foregoing chapters; seeing not only man is a vain creature in himself, but there are also many other things, which instead of diminishing,...