For that which befalleth, &c. They are subject to the same diseases, pains, and casualties. So dieth the other As certainly, and no less painfully. They have all one breath One breath of life, which is in their nostrils; by which the beasts perform the same animal functions. For he speaks not here of man's rational and immortal spirit, nor of the future life. So that a man hath no pre-eminence, &c. In respect of the present life.
Verse 19. _FOR THAT WHICH BEFALLETH THE SONS OF MEN BEFALLETH_ _BEASTS_] From the present comparison of _great men_ to _beasts_, the author takes occasion to enforce the subject by mentioning the stat...
That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control Ecc...
2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_ 2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12) 3. Concerning judgment and the future ...
MAN NO BETTER THAN THE BEASTS. Ecclesiastes 3:16. Both in the administration of the law and the observances of religion, wickedness is prevalent; righteousness is here equivalent to piety. Ecclesiast...
THAT WHICH BEFALLETH. See note on "event", Ecclesiastes 2:14. and App-76. ONE THING: i.e. death. ONE BREATH. one spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Genesis 2:7 with Genesis 1:20;...
_that which befalleth the sons of men_ More accurately, CHANCE ARE THE SONS OF MEN; CHANCE IS THE BEAST; ONE CHANCE IS TO BOTH OF THEM. The thought is emphasized by the threefold iteration of the depr...
2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22 TEXT 3:9-22 9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10 I have...
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above...
3:19 breath; (f-28) 'Breath' and 'spirit' are the same word in Hebrew....
THAT WHICH BEFALLETH.. them] RM 'The sons of men are a chance, and the beasts are a chance.' They are the sport of hazard alike in birth and in death....
M en wrest judgment; but God shall right all wrongs, though how, is beyond our ken. 16, 17. The judges of his time troubled the writer. Yet in GOD'S purposes, either here or in the future, unrighteou...
THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, are al...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...
THAT WHICH BEFALLETH. — The word translated “event” in Ecclesiastes 2:13 (where see Note). BREATH. — The same word as “spirit” (Ecclesiastes 3:21; Genesis 7:15;...
כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְֽנֵי ־הָ אָדָ֜ם וּ מִקְרֶ֣ה
AND BY HUMAN INJUSTICE AND PERVERSITY. Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1 But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our labours thwarted by the gracious, inflexible laws of the just God;...
TO PRODUCE A MATERIALISTIC SCEPTICISM; Ecclesiastes 3:18 (c) The "speculation" in the eye of business men is not commonly of a philosophic cast, and therefore we do not look to find them arguing them...
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...
The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing (i) befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence abo...
_Man hath nothing more, &c., viz., as to the life of the body. (Challoner)_...
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and...
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...
FOR THAT WHICH BEFALLETH THE SONS OF MEN BEFALLETH BEASTS,.... Aben Ezra says this verse is according to the thoughts of the children of men that are not wise; but rather the wise man says what he doe...
_For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above...
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one, according to their bodily, physical nature only, DIETH, SO DIETH THE OTHER; YEA, THEY HAVE ALL ONE...
THE NATURE OF HUMAN HAPPINESS...
"FOR THE FATE OF THE SONS OF MEN AND THE FATE OF BEASTS IS THE SAME. AS ONE DIES SO DIES THE OTHER; INDEED, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME BREATH AND THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE FOR MAN OVER BEAST, FOR ALL IS VANIT...
16-22 Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that aside, and judges will not use their power well. And there is another Judge that stands before the door. With God there is a time for t...
BEFALLETH BEASTS; they are subject to the same diseases, pains, and casualties. SO DIETH THE OTHER; as certainly, and no less painfully. ONE BREATH; one breath of life, which is in their nostrils; one...
Ecclesiastes 3:19 happens H4745 sons H1121 men H120 happens H4745 animals H929 thing H259 befalls H4745 dies H419
DEATH IS THE GREAT LEVELLER (ECCLESIASTES 3:18). Now we discover the conflict taking place within him. He has had a concept of everlastingness and of the necessity for future judgement. How then does...
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Has man, then, no real pre-eminence over the beast? Apparently, if we grant the assumption of the Epicurean, this is the conclusion to which we must come. If man have merely an anim...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-3 Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could not have been greater, he considers, had h...
CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness and unsearchableness of the divine counsels. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...
Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...
_For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts._ MAN AND BEAST It is difficult to determine the exact object of Ecclesiastes in instituting this comparison: partly because the Hebrew is c...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:18 THE CHILDREN OF MAN... ARE BUT BEASTS in the sense that both human beings and animals die. ⇐
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 3:22. FOR WHO SHALL BRING HIM TO SEE WHAT SHALL BE AFTER HIM?] Man cannot tell what God will do in the future with all his earthly circumstances—how far, in the great fu...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 3:1 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence arranges even the minutest concerns;...
Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was mono...
2 Samuel 14:14; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 2:20; Job 14:10;...
For — They are subject to the same diseases, pains, and calamities. So dieth — As certainly, and no less, painfully. One breath — One breath of life, which is in their nostrils by which the beasts per...
Is man’s fate the same as that of animals? PROBLEM: Solomon seems to claim here that there is no difference between the death of humans and animals. “One thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the...