to cause, &c. : by vows made concerning the flesh, such as eating and drinking, marrying, &c.
angel. messenger. Compare Malachi 2:7.
error. Hebrew. shagag. App-44.
wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
voice. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the vain words uttered by it; referring to Ecclesiastes 5:1.
destroy. confiscate.
work. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulg, read "works" (plural)
Verse Ecclesiastes 5:6. _NEITHER SAY THOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, THAT IT_ WAS _AN_ _ERROR_] Nor think of saying "before the cruel angel, who shall exercise authority over thee in the judgment of the great...
SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH ... - i. e., Do not make rash vows which may hereafter be the cause of evasion and prevarication, and remain unfulfilled. BEFORE THE ANGEL - The Septuagint and some other versions...
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
REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...
_Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin_ The "mouth" may refer either to the thoughtless utterance of the rash vow, such as that of Jephthah (Judges 11:30) or Saul (1 Samuel 14:24), or to the...
SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN, &C.— _Let not thy mouth weakly excuse thee to no purpose, and do not say before the messenger_ [who is sent to require from thee what thou hast vowed] _...
D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9 1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a TEXT 5:1a Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, THO
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? SUFFER NOT...
5:6 angel, (d-16) Or 'messenger.'...
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...
SUFFER NOT, etc.] i.e. suffer not your hasty vow to lead you into wrongdoing. THE ANGEL] either the angel who, according to Rabbinic belief, presided over the sacrifice (this is, however, somewhat out...
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...
THE ANGEL. — It has been proposed to translate this word the “messenger,” or ambassador of God, and understand “the priest” (see Malachi 2:7); and it has been regarded as one of the notes of later dat...
_[Ecclesiastes 5:5]_ אַל ־תִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת ־פִּ֨יךָ֙ לַ...
SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN; Ecclesiastes 5:1 The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...
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...
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...
Allow not thy mouth to cause thy (d) flesh to sin; neither say thou before the (e) angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? (d) Do not c...
_Number. Those who observe dreams, are filled with apprehension. The Jews were very subject to this superstition. (Calmet) --- As dreams are vain, so are many words or excuses to evade a vow. (Junius;...
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay...
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...
SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN,.... That is, himself, who is corrupt and depraved; either by making a rash vow, which it is not in his power to keep; or such is the corruption of his n...
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? Ver. 6. _Su...
_Suffer not thy mouth_ By any rash vow, or in any other way; _to cause thy flesh to sin_ That is, thyself: the word _flesh_ being often put for the whole man; _neither say thou before the angel_ That...
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, for the sensual nature of man is stimulated by the sins of the tongue; NEITHER MAY THOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, before the priest, as the representative of th...
PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...
"DO NOT LET YOUR SPEECH CAUSE YOU TO SIN AND DO NOT SAY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD THAT IT WAS. MISTAKE. WHY SHOULD GOD BE ANGRY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR VOICE AND DESTROY THE WORK OF YOUR HAND...
4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest, and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it woul...
SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH, by uttering any rash or foolish vow. THY FLESH, i. e. thyself, the word flesh being oft put for the whole man, as GENESIS 6:12 ISAIAH 40:5 ROMANS 3:20, &c. And it seems to have s...
Ecclesiastes 5:6 let H5414 (H8799) mouth H6310 flesh H1320 sin H2398 (H8687) say H559 (H8799) before...
CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD LIFE. The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's musin...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
Ecclesiastes 4:1 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...
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 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:6. BEFORE THE ANGEL] The representative of God in the Temple, _i.e_., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as expressing the early belief of mankind that angels ar...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 John 1:8;...
Thy mouth — By any rash vow. Thy flesh — Thyself, the word flesh being often put for the whole man. The angel — The priest or ministers of holy things. Such persons are often called angels, or, as thi...