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Verse 24. _THAT WHICH IS FAR OFF_] Though the wisdom that is essential
to our salvation may be soon learned, through the teaching of the
Spirit of wisdom, yet in wisdom itself there are _extents_ and...
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literally, Far off is that which hath been i. e., events as they have
occurred in the order of Divine Providence), and deep, deep, who can
find it out?...
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PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12
1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_
2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15)
3. The strength...
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PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life?
(Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do
by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
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IN DISPRAISE OF WOMEN. All the foregoing maxims have been tested, yet
Qoheleth has not attained wisdom (Ecclesiastes 7:23); the true
inwardness of things, the ultimate reality, is beyond his efforts
...
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_That which is far off and exceeding deep_ The English of the latter
clause scarcely expresses the Hebrew more emphatic iteration AND DEEP
DEEP. By some interpreters a like iteration is supplied in th...
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B. IMPORTANT LESSONS DRAWN FROM THESE OBSERVATIONS Ecclesiastes
7:23-29
1. Practical lessons can be learned but the deeper things are
unattainable. Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
TEXT 7:23-24
23
I tested all...
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? THAT
WHICH IS FAR OFF ... Hengstenberg translates, 'Far off is that which
is;' i:e., wisdom's aim, absolute being. Wisdom is "exceeding...
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7:24 who (f-10) Or 'That which is far off and very deep, who.'...
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THAT WHICH IS FAR OFF] RV 'That which is is far off.' 'That which is,'
viz. God's world-plan, all the phenomena of the world and of human
life, can only be realised by us in fragmentary form....
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PRACTICAL APHORISMS
1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as
that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can,
however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 7
The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many
special sent...
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Rather translate, “That which is, is far off.” The phrase, “that
which is,” or “hath been,” to denote the existing constitution
of the universe, occurs in Ecclesiastes 1:9; Ecclesiastes 3:15. (See
Ecc...
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רָחֹ֖וק מַה ־שֶּׁ הָיָ֑ה וְ עָמֹ֥ק ׀
עָמֹ֖ק
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THIRD SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean
Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1
IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
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The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward
all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least
likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
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That which is far off, (r) and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
(r) Meaning wisdom....
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_Me. This is a proof of having made great progress in wisdom, since
the half-learned are the most presumptuous. (Calmet)_...
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy
servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. (23) All this h...
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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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THAT WHICH IS FAR OFF,.... Or, "far off [is] that which has been" g.
That which has been done by God already, in creation and providence,
is out of the reach of men, is far from their understandings w...
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Ver. 24. _That which is far of and exceeding deep._] Not the minions
of the muses, _Mentemque habere queis bonam, et esse corculis datu...
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_All this have I proved_ All these things, of which I have here
discoursed, I have diligently examined and found to be true; _by
wisdom_ By the help of that singular wisdom which God had given me. _I...
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"WHAT HAS BEEN IS REMOTE AND EXCEEDINGLY MYSTERIOUS. WHO CAN DISCOVER
IT?"
Not only is man incapable of penetrating many of the secrets of the
distant past (look how far off track some scientists are...
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23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things,
had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He
alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape;...
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No human wit can attain to perfect wisdom, or to the exact knowledge
of God's counsels and-works, and the reasons of them, because they are
unsearchably deep, and far above our sight; some of them bei...
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Ecclesiastes 7:24 off H7350 deep H6013 out H4672 (H8799)
Deuteronomy 30:11-14;...
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HIS SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING RESULTING FROM HIS WISDOM HAS MADE HIM
AWARE OF MAN'S SINFULNESS AND FOLLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:23).
Ecclesiastes 7:23
‘All this I have tested out in wisdom. I said, “I will b...
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CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO
BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF
WICKEDNESS.
The emphasis of the book from now on includes the tho...
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Ecclesiastes 7:19-8
Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of
life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a better, but
failed to reach it: "I said, I will be wis...
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Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1
I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but
most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities
He has given us and the opp...
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CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the
vanity and vexation of the world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the
v...
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Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._
Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of
bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 7:27. COUNTING ONE BY ONE, TO FIND OUT THE ACCOUNT]
Collecting the results of many observations—thus forming an opinion
carefully and slowly.
ECCLESIASTES 7:29. MANY INV...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 7:1
Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED
EXPERIENCES IN THE
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Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning
with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again,
it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
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1 Timothy 6:16; Deuteronomy 30:11; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Job 11:7
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It — God's counsels and works, and the reasons of them....