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Verse 14. _FOR OUT OF PRISON HE COMETH TO REIGN_] "Then Abraham left
the country of the idolaters, where he had been _imprisoned_, and came
and _reigned_ over the land of Canaan; and Nimrod became _po...
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These verses set forth the vanity of earthly prosperity even on a
throne. Opinion as to their application is chiefly divided between
considering them a parable or fiction like that of the childless ma...
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CHAPTER 4 OBSERVATIONS OF DIFFERENT WRONGS
_ 1. Concerning oppressions (Ecclesiastes 4:1)_
2. Concerning envy of fools and the rich (Ecclesiastes 4:4)
3. Concerning the miser (Ecclesiast
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ECCLESIASTES 4. A GLOOMY SURVEY. The chapter falls into four parts,
which treat respectively of oppression (Ecclesiastes 4:1), rivalry
(Ecclesiastes 4:4), isolation amounting to self-torture (Ecclesia...
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OUT OF PRISON, &C. Compare Joseph (Genesis 41:40); Daniel (Daniel
5:29; Daniel 6:1).
BORN, &C. Compare Rehoboam, robbed by Shishak ...
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_For out of prison he cometh to reign_ The pronouns are ambiguous in
the Hebrew as in English, and the clauses have consequently been taken
in very different ways, as referring to one and the same per...
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FOR OUT OF PRISON HE COMETH TO REIGN— Desvoeux connects this with
the preceding verse thus; _Because he came from among the slaves to be
a king, and because he was born poor in the kingdom which becam...
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4. Keep in mind that prestigious positions will soon be forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 4:13-16
TEXT 4:13-16
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A poor, yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no
longer knows how to receiv...
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in
his kingdom becometh poor.
FOR OUT OF PRISON HE (THE POOR AND WISE CHILD) COMETH TO REIGN.
Solomon uses this phrase of a suppos...
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VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. 'OH, THE PITY OF IT!'
1-3. The mass of human suffering and the absence of pity are such that
better off are the dead and still more the unborn.
It is not only through God's ord...
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A man may rise from the lowest to the highest station by wisdom; yet
even so there is no permanence....
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HE COMETH] i.e. the poor and wise youth. WHEREAS ALSO.. POOR] RV 'yea,
even in his kingdom he (the child) was born poor.' Thus in RV the
subject of the whole v. is the youth, whereas in AV two persons...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 4
This chapter contains several subjects.
1. PEOPLE WHO SUFFER – ECCLESIASTES 4:1-...
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BECOMETH. — Instead of this translation, it is better to render, _in
his kingdom he was even poor;_ but there is ambiguity in the Hebrew,
as in the English, whether the antecedent of the “his” and the...
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כִּֽי ־מִ בֵּ֥ית הָ סוּרִ֖ים יָצָ֣א לִ
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YET THESE ARE CAPABLE OF A NOBLER MOTIVE AND MODE.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Now a jealous rivalry culminating in mere avarice, -that surely is not
the wisest or noblest spirit of which those are capable who...
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AND BY HUMAN INJUSTICE AND PERVERSITY.
Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1
But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our labours
thwarted by the gracious, inflexible laws of the just God...
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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From this general survey the preacher returned to examine the
condition of the beings whom he had described as being no better than
the beasts. He looked out upon them, and saw them in suffering, and...
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For out of (h) prison he cometh to reign; though also [he that is] (i)
born in his kingdom becometh poor.
(h) That is, from a poor and base estate or out of trouble and prison
as Joseph did, (Genesis...
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_Prison. The exaltation of Joseph, Mardochai, and Daniel, was
remarkable. (Calmet) --- Si fortuna volet, fies de Rhetore Consul.
(Juvenal, Sat. vii.)_...
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who
will no more be admonished. (14) For out of prison he cometh to reign;
whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Th...
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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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FOR OUT OF PRISON HE COMETH TO REIGN,.... That is, this is sometimes
the case of a poor and wise child; he rises out of a low, mean,
abject, obscure state and condition, to the highest dignity; from a...
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born
in his kingdom becometh poor.
Ver. 14. _For out of prison he cometh to reign._] As Valentinian the
emperor; Sultan Mustapha the gr...
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He now proceeds to another vanity, even that of honour and power, and
the highest places. _Better_ More happy; _is a poor and wise child_
Who is doubly contemptible, both for his age and for his pover...
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"FOR HE HAS COME OUT OF PRISON TO BECOME KING, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS BORN
POOR IN HIS KINGDOM."HE" -There is some disagreement as to whether the
individual here is the old and foolish king or the youth w...
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13-16 People are never long easy and satisfied; they are fond of
changes. This is no new thing. Princes see themselves slighted by
those they have studied to oblige; this is vanity and vexation of
spi...
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OUT OF PRISON, into which he was cast for his poverty and debt, he,
the poor and wise child, COMETH TO REIGN; is ofttimes advanced by his
wisdom to the highest power and dignity; which was the case of...
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Ecclesiastes 4:14 comes H3318 (H8804) prison H631 (H8803) H1004 king
H4427 (H8800) born H3205 ...
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CHAPTER 4 THE DREADFULNESS OF OPPRESSION. GUIDANCE ON LIVING.
This chapter begins with considering the dreadfulness of oppression
and then continues with thoughts on living, giving both good and bad...
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THE YOUNG MEN AND THE FOOLISH KING.
We are now provided with a further example of folly, the folly of
seeking a position of power and authority which will only in the end
result in disappointment. (B...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It
teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had
no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
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CONTENTS: Discontent and impatience because of the oppressions and
iniquities of life.
CHARACTERS: Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The world is full of trouble. By reason of man's
perversity, he is ever distur...
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Ecclesiastes 4:2. _Wherefore I praised the dead more than the living,_
who are robbed, fleeced, and exposed to incessant afflictions, from
oppression and war. Solomon alludes to extreme cases, such as...
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_Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who
will no more be admonished._
ON THE ADVANTAGES OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE TO THE LOWER ORDERS OF
SOCIETY
There is no topic on which th...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 4:13 The Preacher recalls an
example of the temporary results of wisdom. In contrast to AN OLD AND
FOOLISH KING, there once was A POOR AND WISE YOUTH who managed to r...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 4:13. BETTER IS A POOR AND A WISE CHILD.] Not in the
moral point of view, but happier—better off.
ECCLESIASTES 4:14. FOR OUT OF PRISON HE COMETH TO REIGN.] Reference is...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 4:1
Section 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of _man_'_s
inability to be the architect of his own happiness_._ _There are many
things which interrupt or des...
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So I returned, and I considered all of the oppressions that are done
under the sun: and the tears of those that are oppressed, and they had
no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was...
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1 Kings 14:26; 1 Kings 14:27; 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:1; 2
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For he — The poor and wise child is often advanced to the highest
dignity. Whereas — That old king is deprived of his kingdom....