Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Man can neither judge what is really for his happiness in life nor foresee the future fate of that in which he may be interested.
Man can neither judge what is really for his happiness in life nor foresee the future fate of that in which he may be interested.
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:12. _FOR WHO KNOWETH WHAT_ IS _GOOD FOR MAN IN_ THIS _LIFE_] Those things which we deem _good_ are often _evil_. And those which we think _evil_ are often _good_. So ignorant are...
AFTER HIM - i. e., On earth, in his own present sphere of action, after his departure hence (compare Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 3:22)....
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...
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE. the numbered days of his vain life. FOR. as to which....
_who knoweth what is good for man_ We have once more the distinctive formula of Pyrrhonism. "Who knows?" was the sceptic's question, then as at all times. See note on ch. Ecclesiastes 3:21. After all...
WHICH HE SPENDETH AS A SHADOW— _Though he spendeth them under a shadow, in which who will shew a man what shall be after him?_ Desvoeux: who has shewn, that the phrase, _to spend his days under a shad...
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...
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? WHO KNOWETH WHAT IS GOO...
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...
AS A SHADOW. — Ecclesiastes 8:13; Job 14:2....
כִּ֣י מִֽי ־יֹודֵעַ֩ מַה ־טֹּ֨וב לָֽ †...
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...
For who knoweth what [is] (a) good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (a) There is no s...
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...
REFLECTIONS READER! let us not turn hastily away from this chapter. There are many important improvements to be gathered from it under grace. What Solomon saw as a sore evil in his days, you and I may...
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 WHO KNOWETH WHAT [IS] GOOD FOR MAN IN [THIS] LIFE?.... To be in a higher or lower station of life, to live in grandeur or meanness, to be rich or poor, learned or unlearned; since that which seems...
For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Ver. 12. _For who kno...
_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...
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? How can any mere human being, himself subject to change and decay, decide just what spec...
OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE: _ Heb._ the number of the days of the life of his vanity...
"FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD FOR. MAN DURING HIS LIFETIME, DURING THE FEW YEARS OF HIS FUTILE LIFE? HE WILL SPEND THEM LIKE. SHADOW. FOR WHO CAN TELL. MAN WHAT WILL BE AFTER HIM UNDER THE SUN?"FOR WHO...
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...
WHO KNOWETH WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN? no man certainly knows what is best for him here, whether to be high or low, rich or poor, because those great things which men generally desire and pursue are very f...
Ecclesiastes 6:12 knows H3045 (H8802) good H2896 man H120 life H2416 all H4557 days H3117 vain H1892 life...
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...
_For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?_ for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? THE KNOWN AND THE UNKN...
_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 6:12 FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN? Even the wisest humans cannot give absolutely correct advice based on a certain knowledge of WHAT WILL BE....
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...
1 Chronicles 29:15; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 3:22;...
Who knoweth — No man certainly knows what is better for him here, whether to be high or low, rich or poor. Vain life — Life itself is a vain and uncertain thing, and therefore all things which depend...