Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:5
The living know] A conscious recognition of the inevitable is better than the oblivion which belongs to death.
7-10. Couple enjoyment and work.
The living know] A conscious recognition of the inevitable is better than the oblivion which belongs to death.
7-10. Couple enjoyment and work.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:5. _THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE_] This is so self-evident that none can doubt it; and therefore all that have this conviction should prepare for death and eternal blessedn...
See Ecclesiastes 8:12, note; Ecclesiastes 8:14, note. The living are conscious that there is a future before them: but the dead are unconscious; they earn nothing, receive nothing, even the memory of...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The common fate (Ecclesiastes 9:1)_ 2. Make the best of life (Ecclesiastes 9:7) 3. The great uncertainty (Ecclesiastes 9:11)...
ECCLESIASTES 8:16 TO ECCLESIASTES 9:16. LIFE'S RIDDLE BAFFLES THE WISEST QUEST. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16_ b_ describes the ceaseless effort of the keen student of life, or perhaps the fate
THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANY THING. See and Compare Ecclesiastes 9:10; Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 31:17;...
_For the living know that they shall die_ The writer in one of the strange paradoxes of the mood of pessimism finds that though life is vanity, it is yet better than the death which he looks upon as i...
4. Work regardless of the similar fate of the godly and the ungodly. Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 TEXT 9:1-10 1 For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their d...
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. FOR THE LIVING KNOW - and may thereby be led "so...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 9 EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
כִּ֧י הַֽ חַיִּ֛ים יֹודְעִ֖ים שֶׁ יָּמֻ֑תוּ ו
FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
THE CHIEF GOOD NOT TO BE FOUND IN WISDOM: Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his final course...
In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
_Know nothing more, viz., As to the transactions of this world, in which they have now no part, unless it be revealed to them; neither have they any knowledge or power now of doing any thing to secure...
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a...
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 THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE,.... Death is certain, it is the demerit of sin, the appointment of God and the time of it is fixed; it may be known that it will be, from the word of God that...
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ver. 5. _For the living know that they shall die._]...
_For to him that is joined to all the living_ That continues with living men; _there is hope_ He hath not only some comfort for the present, but also hopes of further and greater happiness in this wor...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
For the living know that they shall die, the consciousness of their inevitable fate gives them at least so much superiority over the dead; BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING, NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MORE A...
"FOR THE LIVING KNOW THEY WILL DIE; BUT THE DEAD DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING, NOR HAVE THEY ANY LONGER. REWARD, FOR THEIR MEMORY IS FORGOTTEN."KNOW THEY WILL DIE" -and hence can make preparations so they die...
4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their conditi...
THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE; whereby they are taught to improve life, whilst they have it, to their greatest comfort and advantage. THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING, to wit, of the actions and event...
Ecclesiastes 9:5 living H2416 know H3045 (H8802) die H4191 (H8799) dead H4191 (H8801) know H3045 ...
‘For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any m...
CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS, WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the business of life and using wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for dea...
Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
_For the living know that they shall die._ A FUNERAL SERMON I. Whence it is that the living attain the sure and infallible knowledge of their own death. 1. There be many things from whence we may c...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:1 No matter how difficult or humble a person’s circumstances may be, those circumstances are to be preferred to dying, because A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LI...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:2. ONE EVENT.] An equal chance or happening—the wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2:14, and Ecclesiastes 3:19). Chance, in this use of the
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 9:1 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper world. ECCLESIASTES 9:1 This continues the subject treated abo...
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Hebrews 9:27;...
Die — Whereby they are taught to improve life. Any thing — Of the actions and events of this world. Reward — The fruit of their labours in this world, are utterly lost as to them. Forgotten — Even in...
Do the dead remember anything? PROBLEM: Taken at face value, Solomon seems to be claiming that the dead have no more knowledge of anything. He wrote here, “the dead know nothing.” Likewise, the psalmi...