Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 11:10
Therefore remove (i) sorrow from thy heart, and (k) put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
(i) That is, anger and envy.
(k) Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is given.
Therefore remove (i) sorrow from thy heart, and (k) put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
(i) That is, anger and envy.
(k) Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is given.
Verse Ecclesiastes 11:10. _THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW_] כעס _caas, anger_; every kind of violent passion, all filthiness of _the flesh_ and spirit. "Childhood and youth are vanity;" they pass away and co...
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EVIL. sadness. YOUTH. dawn of life. Hebrew. _shaharuth._ Occurs only here...
_Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart_ The two clauses recognise the two conditions of happiness so far as happiness is attainable by man on earth. "Sorrow," better perhaps, DISCONTENT or VEXATION,...
THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW— _And remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away pain from thy flesh; because this youth, nay, this dawn of light, is but a vapour;_ Desvoeux: who puts a semicolon only at the...
2. Enjoy the days of your youth. Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 TEXT 11:9-10 9 Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impul...
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. SORROW - i:e., the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to "rejoice," and "heart cheer t...
11:10 youth (a-17) Or 'the prime of life.'...
LIFE AFTER ALL IS WORTH LIVING 1-3. Fulfil the duty of beneficence, knowing that results are in the hands of God....
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH] RV 'youth and the prime of life.' VANITY] i.e. fleeting....
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SORROW. — See Note on Ecclesiastes 7:3. YOUTH. — The word occurs not elsewhere in the Old Testament; but nearly the same word is used of black hair in Leviticus 13:37; Song of Solomon 5:11....
וְ הָסֵ֥ר כַּ֨עַס֙ מִ לִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְ הַעֲבֵ֥ר
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 Li...
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The method of worldly wisdom is not that of discretion only; it is, moreover, that of diligence, and this passage urges such diligence. Again, we have taken more than one text out of this passage to p...
_Anger. All turbulent passions, and evil or carnal pleasures. (St. Jerome)_...
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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...
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...
THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW FROM THY HEART,.... Worldly sorrow, as opposed to lawful mirth and cheerfulness, and especially to spiritual joy: or "anger" z, as the word may be rendered, and often is; eithe...
_Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity._ Ver. 10. _Therefore remove sorrow from thine heart._] One would have thought that he...
_Therefore remove sorrow_ Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls _sorrow_, to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify men's senses, yet they will shortly bring them t...
Therefore remove sorrow, a false sorrow, a gloomy sanctimoniousness, FROM THY HEART AND PUT AWAY EVIL FROM THY FLESH, namely, in the form of a melancholy asceticism which is not in agreement with the...
REJOICING WITH TREMBLING...
SORROW: Or, anger...
"SO, REMOVE VEXATION FROM YOUR HEART AND PUT AWAY PAIN FROM YOUR BODY, BECAUSE CHILDHOOD AND THE PRIME OF LIFE ARE FLEETING."SO, REMOVE VEXATION FROM YOUR HEART" -"Rid thy heart, then, of resentment...
7-10 Life is sweet to bad men, because they have their portion in this life; it is sweet to good men, because it is the time of preparation for a better; it is sweet to all. Here is a caution to thin...
SORROW, i.e. sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly and emphatically calls sorrow, with respect to the foregoing words, to intimate, that although such practices do at present gratify and de...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 remove H5493 (H8685) sorrow H3708 heart H3820 away H5674 (H8685) evil H7451 flesh H1320
CHAPTER S ECCLESIASTES 11:9 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:14 THE VENTURING OF THE YOUNG, THE TRIALS OF THE OLD AND MAN'S FINAL DESTINY. As we come to the end of the writer's musings we are rewarded with the fina...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
Ecclesiastes 11:6. _In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good._...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to works of charity and right living. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Since we have death and judgment to prepare for, we should do good to others and abound in liberalit...
Ecclesiastes 11:1. _Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days._ The root לחם _lechem,_ designates bread, corn, and all kinds of meat which sustain life. It refers also to...
_Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth._ JOY AND JUDGMENT Our translators have slipped in a “but” where there ought to be an “and,” and have thus made the Preacher set the joy of youth and the judgment...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 11:10 REMOVE VEXATION... PUT AWAY PAIN. It is not wise to dwell on sorrow or illness. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 11:7. TRULY THE LIGHT IS SWEET.] Light as the symbol of life. (Psalms 36:9, Job 3:20.) Ecclesiaste
EXPOSITION Approaching the end of his treatise, Koheleth, in view of apparent anomalies in God's moral government, and the difficulties that meet man in his social and political relations, proceeds t...
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you don't know what evil shall be upon the eaRuth (Ecclesiastes 11:1-2). You do...
2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 3:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; Ecclesiastes 1:14;...
Sorrow — Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls sorrow, to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify mens senses, yet they will shortly bring them to intolerable sorrow...