George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Not. Prevent old age, to procure a stock of virtues. (Haydock) --- Solomon refutes the former sentiments of the wicked, which he had perhaps once entertained. (Calmet)
Not. Prevent old age, to procure a stock of virtues. (Haydock) --- Solomon refutes the former sentiments of the wicked, which he had perhaps once entertained. (Calmet)
CHAPTER XII _Youth should remember their Creator_, 1. _A description of old age and its infirmities, with the causes_ _of death and dissolution_, 2-9. _How the Preacher taught the people knowledge...
REMEMBER NOW - Rather, And remember. The connection between this verse and the preceding one is unfortunately interrupted by our division of chapters. CREATOR - Gratitude to God as Creator is here inc...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_ 2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9) Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the concludin
ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
EPILOGUE. Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
NOW. also. CREATOR. Plural of Majesty. the [great] Creator, or. reference to the Trinity. EVIL DAYS. days of the misfortune: i.e. affliction and death. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. i.e. the days describ...
_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth_ The word for "Creator" is strictly the participle of the verb which is translated "create" in Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:27, and as a Divi...
DISCOURSE: 846 REMEMBERING GOD IN OUR YOUTH Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have n...
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR, &C.— The first point to be examined is, where the description of old age given in this chapter begins. Most interpreters, who begin it with these words in the first verse, _t...
THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE, _From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._ The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter, enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
3. Remember God in your youth. Ecclesiastes 12:1 TEXT 12:1 1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, I have no del...
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw...
12:1 Creator (b-4) 'Creator' is in the plural....
IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT 1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind and body are failing, it will be too late. 1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 12 YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8 V1 Remember who...
XII. (1) CREATOR. — This occurs as a Divine name in Isaiah 40:23; Isaiah 44:15. and elsewhere. Here it is in the plural, like the Divine name Elohim. (See also Note on Ecclesiastes 12:8.) We have “thy...
וּ זְכֹר֙ אֶת ־בֹּ֣ורְאֶ֔יךָ בִּ ימֵ֖י בְּחוּ
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...
COMBINED WITH A STEADFAST FAITH IN THE LIFE TO COME. Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7 But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere man of pleasure? No; for he recognises the claims of duty...
“THE END OF THE MATTER” Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful. The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only our tenement. Ou...
The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
CONTENTS In this Chapter the Preacher finisheth his discourse, and a beautiful close he makes of it, running up all into the love and fear of God, as the great object of man's creation, and the ultim...
_A MEMORY EXERCISE FOR THE YOUNG_ ‘Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.’ Ecclesiastes 12:1 I. WHAT IS IT TO REMEMBER GOD?—It is, in the figurative language of the Old Testament Script...
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...
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH,.... Or "Creators" b; as "Makers", Job 35:10; for more than one were concerned, as in the creation of all things in general, so of man in particular,...
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Ver. 1. _Remember now thy Creator._] Heb., C...
_Remember_ Namely, practically, so as to fear, love, and faithfully serve him, which, when men do not, they are said to forget him: _thy Creator_ The first author and continual preserver of thy life a...
Remember, now, thy Creator in the days of thy youth, with a feeling of reverence and gratitude for the many blessings received, the product of true faith in the heart, WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT, th...
AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
"REMEMBER ALSO YOUR CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH, BEFORE THE EVIL DAYS COME AND THE YEARS DRAW NEAR WHEN YOU WILL SAY, "I HAVE NO DELIGHT IN THEM";"REMEMBER ALSO YOUR CREATOR" -In addition to rem...
1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 12 Early piety recommended before old age come on and death be near: old age described, and death, ECCLESIASTES 12:1. The conclusion: all is vanity, ECCLESIASTES 12:8. The preache...
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember H2142 (H8798) Creator H1254 (H8802) days H3117 youth H979 difficult H7451 days H3117
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 10:10 I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely calculated scheme of life, because at ev...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth:_ Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice, «Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;_ Do not give God the dre...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love of mirth, the indulgence...
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ _Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim, Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20. Certai...
_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._ THE CREATOR REMEMBERED How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:1 EVIL DAYS refers to the physical weakening of old age. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 12:1 The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter. REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1), It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samue
THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
Now — For now thou art most able to do it; and it will be most acceptable to God, and most comfortable to thyself, as the best evidence of thy sincerity, and the best provision for old age and death....