Verse Ecclesiastes 9:6. Also their love, and their hatred] It is evident that he speaks here of the ignorance, want of power, c., of the dead, in reference only to this life. And though they have no more a portion under the sun, yet he does not intimate that they have none anywhere else. A man threatens to conquer kingdoms, c. He dies what are his threats?
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
PERISHED. Like the knowledge and memory of Ecclesiastes 9:5....
_Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished_ The three passions are named as strongest and most vehement in their action. Even these are all hushed in the calm of the grave. Th...
ALSO THEIR LOVE, &C.— We have from Ecclesiastes 9:4 to the present, the _second_ reason. It is certain, that the dead are excluded from any participation, not only of the pleasure of this world, but l...
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...
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. THEIR LOVE ... HATRED ... ENVY, IS NOW PER...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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...
NOW. — Rather, _long ago. _...
גַּ֣ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם גַּם ־שִׂנְאָתָ֛ם גַּם ־קִנְאָתָ֖ם...
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,...
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...
ALSO THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR HATRED, AND THEIR ENVY, IS NOW PERISHED,.... Not that the separate spirits of the dead are without their affections, or these unexercised; the spirits of just men made perfe...
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun. Ver. 6. _Also their love and their hatred,...
_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...
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, all the sentiments which actuated them in life, IS NOW PERISHED, the activities connected with these attributes have ceased; NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MO...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
"INDEED THEIR LOVE, THEIR HATE, AND THEIR ZEAL HAVE ALREADY PERISHED, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE. SHARE IN ALL THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN."LOVE, HATE, ZEAL" -"They no longer share in the knowledge,...
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...
They neither love, nor hate, nor envy any person or thing in this world, but are now altogether unconcerned in all things done under the sun. IN ANY THING THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN; in any worldly th...
Ecclesiastes 9:6 love H160 hatred H8135 envy H7068 now H3528 perished H6 (H8804) Nevermore H5769 share H2506 done
‘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...
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 2:18; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Exodus 1:8; Job 3:17; Job 3:18;...
Also — They neither love, nor hate, nor envy any thing in this world, but are unconcerned in what is done under the sun....