Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white, in token of joy; and let thy head lack no ointment, for its absence would have been considered a sign of grief.
Let thy garments be always white, in token of joy; and let thy head lack no ointment, for its absence would have been considered a sign of grief.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:8. _LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE_] The Jews wore white garments on festal occasions, as emblems of joy and innocence. Be always pure, and always happy. The inhabitants of Indi...
Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1. After the description Ecclesiastes 9:5 of the portionless condition of the dead, the n...
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
OINTMENT. perfume....
_Let thy garments be always white_ In the symbolism of colours, so universal that we may almost call it natural, white garments, cool and refreshing in the heat of an Eastern climate, have always been...
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...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE - in token of joy (). Solomon was clad in achite (Josephus' 'Antiquities' 8: 7, 3); hence, his...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
WHITE] as symbolical of cheerfulness (2 Chronicles 5:12), and perhaps here, as later (e.g. Revelation 3:4.), of purity. White was constantly worn at feasts. OINTMENT] Sweet fragrant unguents for perfu...
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...
2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 14:2; Psalms 45:8; Psalms 104:14; Revel
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NOR IN PLEASURE: Ecclesiastes 9:7 Imagine, then, a Jew brought to the bitter pass which Coheleth has described. He has acquainted himself with wisdom, native and foreign; and wisdom has led him to co...
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,...
Let thy garments be always (e) white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (e) Rejoice, be merry and spare for no cost, thus speak the wicked belly-gods....
_White. As in times of joy, and among people of quality, chap. x. 17., and Proverbs xxxi. 23. --- Head. Our Saviour reproaches the Pharisees for neglecting this, Luke vii. 45._...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (9) Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, al...
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...
LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE,.... That is, neat and clean, not vile and sordid; what is comely and decent, and suitable to a man's circumstances; this colour is particularly mentioned because much...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Ver. 8. _Let thy garments be always white; _] _i.e., _ Neat, spruce, cleanly, comely. Or by a metaphor it may signify, Be merry in...
_Go thy way_ Make this use of what I have said. _Eat thy bread_ Thy necessary and convenient food; _with joy_, &c. Cheerfully enjoy thy comforts, avoiding all distracting care and grief for the occurr...
"LET YOUR CLOTHES BE WHITE ALL THE TIME, AND LET NOT OIL BE LACKING ON YOUR HEAD." Points To Note: 1 But how many professed Christians are consumed by worry and anxiety? How many professed Christians...
4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their conditi...
ALWAYS; in all convenient times and circumstances; for there are times of mourning, ECCLESIASTES 3:4, ECCLESIASTES 7:2: compare PROVERBS 5:19. WHITE; decent, and splendid, as far as is suitable to t
Ecclesiastes 9:8 garments H899 always H6256 white H3836 head H7218 lack H2637 (H8799) oil H8081 thy garments -...
THE RIGHTEOUS MUST THEREFORE FIND JOY IN THEIR PRESENT LIFE FOR THERE IS NONE BEYOND THE GRAVE (ECCLESIASTES 9:7). The Preacher is still considering the facts on which he is to make his final decision...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 I. This is one of those passages, so remarkable in the writings of Solomon, in which the words of sinful men in the world are taken up by the Holy Ghost, to be applied in a Christian...
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...
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...
_Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now aceepteth thy works._ FESTIVAL JOY This is one of those passages, so remarkable in the writings of Solomon, in...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:7 When godly people find enjoyment in life, they know that it is due to God’s “approval” or “favor” (v. Ecclesiastes 9:7; compare...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:8. LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE; AND LET THY HEAD LACK NO OINTMENT] No literal observance of these circumstances of external appearance is intended; but rather an...
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...
2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:24; Amos 6:6; Daniel 10:3; Esther 8:15;...
White — The eastern people of the best sort, used white garments, especially in times of rejoicing. Ointment — Which upon joyful occasions was poured upon mens heads....