CONTENTS
In prosecuting the same subject, the Preacher in this Chapter lays down several very weighty observations for lessening the general and unavoidable vanities of life. Under the similitude of a poor man, that by wisdom saved a city, he sets forth the great blessedness of divine knowledge.
CHAPTER IX _No men knows, by any present sign, what is before him_, 1. _All things happen alike to all_, 2, 3. _Comparison of the state of the dead and the living_, 4-6. _Enjoy God's mercies, and...
A good man’s trust in God is set forth as a counterpoise to our Ignorance of the ways of Providence. IN THE HAND OF GOD - Under His special protection (Deuteronomy 33:3 ff) as righteous, and under Hi...
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
I CONSIDERED. I have taken to heart. EVEN TO DECLARE. Septuagint and Syriac read, "and my heart proved". THE RIGHTEOUS =. just ones. God. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: the Deity. Ap...
_For all this I considered in my heart_ More literally, FOR TO ALL THIS I GAVE MY HEART TO DIG THROUGH, _i.e._to explain and penetrate to the secret of the great enigma of life. _that the righteous, a...
NO MAN KNOWETH EITHER LOVE OR HATRED— _Yet no man knoweth what he should either love or hate._ This being mentioned in an inquiry concerning the choice which a man ought to make of a certain course of...
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 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 knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before t...
CONSIDERED IN] RV 'laid to.' DECLARE] RV 'explore.' NO MAN.. BEFORE THEM] RV 'whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.' Whether God's dealings with them shall be such as t...
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...
IX. (1) NO MAN KNOWETH. — If this verse stood by itself we should understand, “Man cannot know whether he will experience marks of the Divine favour, or the reverse;” but taking Ecclesiastes 9:6 into...
כִּ֣י אֶת ־כָּל ־זֶ֞ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶל ־לִבִּי֙
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,...
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 knoweth either love or (a) hatred [by] all [that is]...
Of God. He seems to treat both alike, so that the just themselves cannot say whether their sufferings be a punishment or a trial. (St. Jerome) (Calmet) --- Knoweth not certainly, and in an ordinary ma...
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 ALL THIS I CONSIDERED IN MINE HEART,.... What goes before, in the latter end of the preceding chapter, concerning the various providences of God, the difficulty of finding out the reasons of them,...
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 knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] bef...
_For_, or _therefore_, as the LXX. render it, _all this I considered in my heart_ All that I have said concerning the methods of divine providence, toward good and bad men; _to declare all this_ To ma...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
For all this I considered in my heart, in applying himself to learn true wisdom, EVEN TO DECLARE ALL THIS, THAT THE RIGHTEOUS, AND THE WISE, AND THEIR WORKS, their fate or destiny, ARE IN THE HAND OF...
I CONSIDERED IN MY HEART: _ Heb._ I gave, or set to my heart...
"FOR. HAVE TAKEN ALL THIS TO MY HEART AND EXPLAIN IT THAT RIGHTEOUS MEN, WISE MEN, AND THEIR DEEDS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD. MAN DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER IT WILL BE LOVE OR HATRED; ANYTHING AWAITS HIM."FOR...
1-3 We are not to think our searching into the word or works of God useless, because we cannot explain all difficulties. We may learn many things good for ourselves and useful to others. But man cann...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 9 All things in the hand of God: his love or hatred not visible in them; but the like happeneth to good and bad in this life, and in death they know nothing hereof, and are themse...
Ecclesiastes 9:1 considered H5414 (H8804) heart H3820 declare H952 (H8800) righteous H6662 wise H2450 works H5652
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...
‘For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hatred, man does not know it. Everything is...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:1 This is the sober second thought of a wise man who has been sorely troubled in his mind by dwelling on the mysteries of Providence. His first hasty conclusion is one which is too ofte...
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...
_The righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God._ IN THE HAND OF GOD This is the sober second thought of a wise man who has been sorely troubled in his mind by dwelling on the m...
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...
1 Corinthians 3:5; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 15:25;...
Their works — All events which befal them are governed by his providence, and therefore although we cannot fully understand the reasons of all, yet we may be assured they are done righteously. No man...