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Verse 17. _TO KNOW MADNESS AND FOLLY_] הוללות ושכלות
_holloth_ _vesichluth_. Παραβολας και επιστημην,
"Parables and science." - _Septuagint_. So the _Syriac_; nearly so the
_Arabic_.
"What were erro...
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TO KNOW MADNESS AND FOLLY - A knowledge of folly would help him to
discern wisdom, and to exercise that chief function of practical
wisdom - to avoid folly....
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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...
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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MADNESS. the opposite of wisdom, as displayed in the loss of
self-control; raving with self-conceit. So elsewhere in this book.
FOLLY. infatuation. Hebrew. _sakal._ See note on- "wisdom", Proverbs
1:...
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_And I gave my heart_ The apparent iteration of the phrase of
Ecclesiastes 1:13 expresses the concentration of purpose. The writer
adds that his search took a yet wider range. He sought to know wisdom...
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_SOLOMON'S SITUATION AND HIS STUDIES -- ECCLESIASTES 1:12-18:_ Solomon
showed that things that would normally be considered as what would
make a person happy do not. Surely being king would make a man...
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AND I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW WISDOM— _For I applied myself to the
knowledge of wisdom, and the knowledge of whatever is shining, and of
science._ We meet in all languages with words which are as much,...
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b. Wisdom is used exploring all that is done under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 1:13-18
TEXT 1:13-18
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And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that
has been done under heaven. It is...
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I
perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW WISDOM ... MADNESS AND FOLLY - i:e., their
effects, the...
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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...
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AND FOLLY] He tries whether the study of folly may perchance give him
some grasp of its opposite, viz. wisdom. But this too only serves to
confirm him in his general conclusion. VEXATION OF SPIRIT] se...
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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...
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וָ אֶתְּנָ֤ה לִבִּי֙ לָ דַ֣עַת
חָכְמָ֔ה וְ
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FIRST SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure
Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:1
OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man
lives amid the play of per...
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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...
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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...
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know (l) madness and folly:
I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
(l) That is, vain things, which served to pleasure, in which was no
convenienc...
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_Errors. Septuagint, "parables and science." But to discern the
mistakes of men is a part of wisdom, (Calmet) and Grabe substitutes
"wanderings," instead of "parables," after Theodotion, as Hebrew
eal...
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I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. (13) And I gave my
heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are
done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the so...
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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...
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AND I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW WISDOM,.... Which is repeated, for the
confirmation of it, from Ecclesiastes 1:13, and that it might be taken
notice of how assiduous and diligent he had been in acquiring...
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I
perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Ver. 17. _And to know madness and folly._] That by comparing of
contraries, I migh...
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_I communed with mine own heart_ I considered within myself in what
condition I was, and what degrees of knowledge I had gained; and
whether it was not my ignorance that made me unable to rectify thos...
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THE UNRELIABILITY OF EARTHLY WISDOM...
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, on its positive side, AND TO KNOW
MADNESS AND FOLLY, the error and foolishness of men, to estimate it
properly; I PERCEIVED THAT THIS ALSO, namely, the activity of...
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"AND. SET MY MIND TO KNOW WISDOM AND TO KNOW MADNESS AND FOLLY;.
REALIZED THAT THIS ALSO IS STRIVING AFTER WIND."
"to know wisdom" -Like many people, Solomon first tried to find
meaning in intellectu...
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12-18 Solomon tried all things, and found them vanity. He found his
searches after knowledge weariness, not only to the flesh, but to the
mind. The more he saw of the works done under the sun, the mo...
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I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW WISDOM, AND TO KNOW MADNESS AND FOLLY, that I
might thoroughly understand the nature and difference of truth and
error, of virtue and vice, all things being best understood by...
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Ecclesiastes 1:17 set H5414 (H8799) heart H3820 know H3045 (H8800)
wisdom H2451 know H3045 (H8800) madness
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THE INTELLECTUAL SEARCH (ECCLESIASTES 1:12).
Ecclesiastes 1:12
‘I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem, and I applied my
heart to seek and to search out by wisdom about all that is done und...
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THE PREACHER HAS MADE HIS ENQUIRIES AND COMES UP WITH NOTHING
(ECCLESIASTES 1:12 - ECCLESIASTES 2:26).
The Preacher now brings out that he has made further enquiries and has
come up with nothing. He f...
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
There are two ways of arriving at the knowledge of the truth
respecting the importance and benefit of holiness and goodness. These
two ways are one the experience of what is good, th...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12
I. Solomon's first resource was philosophy. He studied man's position
in this world. His appetite for knowledge was omnivorous; and whilst
hungering for the harvest, he was thankful...
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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...
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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...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:4 First Catalog of
“Vanities.” The Preacher gives specific examples to prove his
belief that all is “vanity.”...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 1:17 As part of his quest TO KNOW
WISDOM, the Preacher also seeks to understand MADNESS AND FOLLY.
Apparently he believes that he can better understand wisdom if he a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 5:21; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:11;
Ecclesiastes 1:13;...
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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...
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To know — That I might throughly understand the nature and
difference of truth and error, of virtue and vice....