The thing that hath been— Yet what is the thing that hath been? the very same which shall be: And what is that which is done: the very same which shall be done: for there is nothing entirely new under the sun. See Desvoeux, and the LXX.
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:9. _THE THING THAT HATH BEEN_] Every thing in the whole economy of nature has its _revolutions_; summer and winter, heat and cold, rain and drought, seedtime and autumn, with the...
HATH BEEN ... IS DONE - i. e., Hath happened in the course of nature ... is done by man....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS PART I. Chapter S 1-6 1. The Prologue and the Search Begun CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction and prologue (Ecclesiastes 1:1)_ 2. The seeker; his method and the results (Ecc...
ECCLESIASTES 1:2 may be called an introduction to the book; it also presents the writer's conclusions. He has surveyed life from many angles and decided that all human effort is fruitless and unavaili...
_The thing that hath been_ What has been affirmed of natural phenomena is now repeated of the events of human life. The writer reproduces or anticipates the Stoic doctrine of a recurring cycle of even...
_THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN -- ECCLESIASTES 1:9-11:_ Things of this world are very fatiguing to those that have them. Solomon's goal was to cause us to understand the unsatisfying nature of al...
3. History repeats itself and man forgets what has gone before. Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 TEXT 1:9-11 9 That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done....
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. THAT WHICH IS DONE - accomplished. The results of...
ALL IS VANITY 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the life of man, or the natural forces of heat, air, and...
THE THING] History has been repeating itself from all time, and will do so evermore. 10, 11. IS THERE] He calls on any one who may doubt his word to point to something which is really new. The only r...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES THE AUTHOR The word ‘Ecclesiastes’ tells us about the author...
(3-11) Man is perpetually toiling, yet of all his toil there remains no abiding result. The natural world exhibits a spectacle of unceasing activity, with no real progress. The sun, the winds, the wat...
NO NEW THING. — Contrast Jeremiah 31:22; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 65:17. Justin Martyr (_Apol. i._ 57) has what looks like a reminiscence of this verse; but we cannot rely on it to prove his acquaintance...
מַה ־שֶּֽׁ הָיָה֙ ה֣וּא שֶׁ יִּהְיֶ֔ה וּ
THE PROLOGUE In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Indirectly Stated Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE search for the _ summum bonum_, the quest of the Chief Good, is the theme of the book Ecclesiastes. Naturally...
THE TESTIMONY OF AN UNSATISFIED SOUL Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 _All is vanity_! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod meant man to be happy. “These things,” said our Lord, “I...
The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12, it leaves no room for doubt that he is Solomon. In stating his theme he empl...
(g) The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. (g) He speaks of times and seasons, and t...
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (4) One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever. (5) The sun also ariseth, and the...
_THE MONOTONY OF LIFE_ ‘The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.’ Ecclesiastes 1:9 Speaking...
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 THING THAT HATH BEEN, IT [IS THAT] WHICH SHALL BE,.... The thing that has been seen and heard is no other than what shall be seen and heard again; so that what is now seen and heard is only what h...
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. Ver. 9. _The thing that hath been, it is that...
Ecc. 1:9. "The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which is done is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing under the sun," etc. It appears by the connection of these wor...
_All things_ Not only the sun, and winds, and rivers, but all other creatures; _are full of labour_ They are in continual restlessness and change, never abiding in the same state. _The eye is not sati...
The thing that hath been, that which has happened time and again in the past, IT IS THAT WHICH SHALL BE; AND THAT WHICH IS DONE IS THAT WHICH SHALL BE DONE, occurring over and over again in human expe...
GENERAL INTRODUCTION...
"THAT WHICH HAS BEEN IS THAT WHICH WILL BE, AND THAT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IS THAT WHICH WILL BE DONE. SO, THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN." Points to Note: Solomon isn't denying advances in technol...
9-11 Men's hearts and their corruptions are the same now as in former times; their desires, and pursuits, and complaints, still the same. This should take us from expecting happiness in the creature,...
There is nothing in the world but a continued and tiresome repetition of the same things. The nature and course of the beings and affairs of the world, and the tempers of men's minds, are generally th...
Ecclesiastes 1:9 done H6213 (H8738) done H6213 (H8735) new H2319 sun H8121 that hath -...
THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF WHAT MEN SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH COMES OUT IN THE FACT THAT LIFE SIMPLY FOLLOWS A CONTINUAL UNCHANGING REPETITION. IT IS PURPOSELESS AND BORING AND UNENLIGHTENING AND ACCOMPLISHES NO...
Ecclesiastes 1:4 I. It is universally acknowledged that the circle is the archetype of all forms, physically as well as mathematically. It is the most complete figure, the most stable under violence,...
Ecclesiastes 1:2 I. This passage is the preamble to the book; it ushers us at once into its realms of dreariness. It is as if he said, "It is all a weary go-round. There are no novelties, no wonders,...
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The search for the _summum bonum_, the quest of the chief good, is the theme of the book of Ecclesiastes. Naturally we look to find this theme, this problem, this "riddle of the painf...
CONTENTS: The doctrine of the vanity of the creature, and the impossibility of finding satisfaction without God. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All things, considered as abstract from God, an...
Ecclesiastes 1:2. _Vanity of vanities._ This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of songs, &c. He adds, “vexation of spirit,” because his re...
_One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh._ THE LAW OF CIRCULARITY, OR RETROGRESSION, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF PROGRESS The circle is the archetype of all forms, physically as well a...
_The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be._ OLD THINGS IN NEW TIME One of the things which strike an observer of human beings is the disposition they perpetually betray to imagine and expe...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:4 First Catalog of “Vanities.” The Preacher gives specific examples to prove his belief that all is “vanity.”...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 1:2. VANITY.] The Hebrew word is Hebel (Abel) the name given to one of the sons of Adam. The subjection of the whole creation to vanity was soon observed and felt. ECCLE...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 1:1 THE TITLE. THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER, THE SON OF DAVID, KING IN JERUSALEM; Septuagint, "King of Israel in Jerusalem" (comp.Ecclesiastes 1:12). The word rendered "Preacher...
Book of Ecclesiastes begins, The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem (Ecclesiastes 1:1). So that identifies the author as Solomon. The Hebrew word that is translated preacher i...
2 Peter 2:1; Ecclesiastes 3:15; Ecclesiastes 7:10; Isaiah 43:19;...
THE MAN UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our booklet on Ecclesiastes for a quotation. 1. ECCLESIASTES S...
There is — There is nothing in the world but a continued and tiresome repetition of the same things. The nature and course of the beings and affairs of the world, and the tempers of men, are the same...
Isn’t it false to claim there is nothing new under the sun? PROBLEM: Solomon declared here that “there is nothing new under the sun.” But not only is this contrary to science and human history, but it...