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HATH BEEN ... IS DONE - i. e., Hath happened in the course of nature
... is done by man....
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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 1:2 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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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 unde...
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3. History repeats itself and man forgets what has gone before.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
TEXT 1:9-11
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That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been
done is that which will be done....
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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...
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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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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...
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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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(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...
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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...
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מַה ־שֶּֽׁ הָיָה֙ ה֣וּא שֶׁ יִּהְיֶ֔ה
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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...
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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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(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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION...
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"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...
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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,...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 1:9 done H6213 (H8738) done H6213 (H8735) new H2319 sun
H8121
that hath -...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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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_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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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2 Peter 2:1; Ecclesiastes 3:15; Ecclesiastes 7:10; Isaiah 43:19;...
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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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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...
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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...