Vanity of vanities] lit.'breath of breaths'; the form of expression being a Hebrew way of indicating the superlative degree. Of all fleeting things existence is the most fleeting. The same figure is used in Psalms 62:9; Psalms 144:4 of the brevity of man's life. The word vanity, occurring thirty-eight times, strikes the keynote of the book. All things living and otherwise bear the stamp of the transitory.
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:2. _VANITY OF VANITIES_] As the words are an exclamation, it would be better to translate, _O vanity of vanities_! Emptiness of emptinesses. True, substantial good is not to be fo...
VANITY - This word הבל _hebel_, or, when used as a proper name, in Genesis 4:2, “Abel”, occurs no less than 37 times in Ecclesiastes, and has been called the key of the book. Primarily it means “breat...
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...
VANITY OF VANITIES. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ Note also the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), by which Ecclesiastes 1:2 begins and ends with the same word. These Figures are used for the...
_Vanity of vanities_ The form is the highest type (as in the "servant of servants" of Genesis 9:25, the "chief over the chief" of Numbers 3:32) of the Hebrew superlative. The word translated "vanity,...
_THIS EARTHLY LIFE IS VAIN-- ECCLESIASTES 1:1-4:_ The Book of Ecclesiastes is the preacher's sermon. The book is one continued speech or sermon from Solomon. Solomon is called by several different nam...
DISCOURSE: 827 THE VANITY OF THE CREATURE Ecclesiastes 1:2. _Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity_. IF experience entitles a man to credit, and gives weight to hi...
VANITY OF VANITIES— _Vanity of vanities,_ according to the Hebrew idiom, signifies, _the greatest vanity._ The original word הבל _hebel,_ signifies, properly, _steam_ or _vapour,_ and is used to denot...
B. THESIS: THE VANITY OF ALL EARTHLY THINGS Ecclesiastes 1:2 TEXT 1:2 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 1:2 5. How many times is there...
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. The theme proposed of the first part of his discourse. VANITY OF VANITIES - Hebraism for the most utter vanity. So "holy...
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...
VANITY OF VANITIES. — This verse strikes the key-note of the whole work. In using this expression we mean to indicate the opinion that the unity of the book is rather that of a musical composition tha...
הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים...
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...
(b) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity. (b) He condemns the opinions of all men who set happiness in anything but in God alone, seeing that in this world all...
_Vanities. Most vain and despicable, (Calmet) and frustrating the expectations of men. (Menochius) --- St. Augustine reads vanitantium, and infers that this vanity of sublunary things is an effect of...
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. This may be considered as the one text of Solomon's whole discourse. He takes this for his subject; and all that follows is i...
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...
VANITY OF VANITIES, SAITH THE PREACHER,.... This is the preacher's text; the theme and subject he after enlarges upon, and proves by an induction of particulars; it is the sum of the whole book; VANI...
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity. Ver. 2. _Vanity of vanities._] Or, Most vain vanity: therefore, no happiness here to be had but in the reverential fear of...
_Vanity_, &c. Not only _vain_, but _vanity_ in the abstract, which denotes extreme vanity. _Saith the Preacher_ Upon deep consideration and long experience, and by divine inspiration. This verse conta...
Vanity of vanities, the most utter vanity, SAITH THE PREACHER, thereby announcing the theme of his entire book, VANITY OF VANITIES; ALL IS VANITY, that is, all earthly nature and everything pertaining...
GENERAL INTRODUCTION...
"VANITY OF VANITIES" SAYS THE PREACHER, "VANITY OF VANITIES!", ALL IS VANITY"."VANITY OF VANITIES" -"Utterly vain, utterly vain, everything is vain!" (Mof); "Emptiness, emptiness…all is empty" (NEB);...
1-3 Much is to be learned by comparing one part of Scripture with another. We here behold Solomon returning from the broken and empty cisterns of the world, to the Fountain of living water; recording...
VANITY OF VANITIES; not only vain, but vanity in the abstract, which notes extreme vanity, especially where the word is thus doubled; as _a king of kings_ is the chief of kings, and a servant of serva...
Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity H1892 vanities H1892 says H559 (H8804) Preacher H6953 Vanity H1892 vanities H1892 vanity H
CHAPTER 1 THE VAINNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS OF LIFE. All Is Vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:1). Ecclesiastes 1:1 ‘The words of the preacher (Qoheleth - assembly leader), the son of David, king in Jerusalem.'...
VANITY "Vanity," in Ecclesiastes, and usually in Scripture, means, not foolish pride, but the emptiness in final result of all life apart from God. It is to be born, to toil, to suffer, to experience...
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...
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The book of Ecclesiastes is a dramatic biography, in which Solomon not only records, but re-enacts, the successive scenes of his search after happiness, a descriptive memoir, in whic...
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...
_Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity _ THE VANITY OF THE WORLD Certainly, he, who had riches as plentiful as the stones of the street (1 Kings 10:27), and wisdom...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:1 Introduction and Theme. The speaker introduces himself and his theme. ⇐...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:2 VANITY OF VANITIES! ALL IS VANITY. This important thematic word occurs frequently throughout the book. As the book progresses, its meaning becomes clear (see Intr...
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...
Ecclesiastes 11:10; Ecclesiastes 11:8; Ecclesiastes 12:8; Ecclesiastes 3:19;...
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...
Vanity — Not only vain, but vanity in the abstract, which denotes extreme vanity. Saith — Upon deep consideration and long experience, and by Divine inspiration. This verse contains the general propos...
How can this book be part of the Scriptures since it contains such skepticism? PROBLEM: Several statements that Solomon makes throughout this book indicate a skepticism that seems contrary to the Bibl...