CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 4:1. SO I RETURNED.] Passing from the reflections of the
last chapter to a new subject of contemplation. _They had no
comforter_. The repetition of this phrase is intended to make the
thought emphatic.
ECCLESIASTES 4:4. EVERY RIGHT WORK.] Every work marked by excellen... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 4:5. EATETH HIS OWN FLESH.] Accomplishes his own ruin by
indolence, exhausts his fortune, preys upon himself like one mad with
hunger.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Ecclesiastes 4:4_
THE PENALTIES OF SUCCESS
We have hero the case of a man who has escaped many i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 4:10. IF THEY FALL.] Not both together, but if one or the
other falls.
ECCLESIASTES 4:12. A THREEFOLD CORD.] Two cords would only suggest
plurality, but three give the idea of strength.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ecclesiastes 4:7_
PORTRAIT OF A MAMMON WORSH... [ Continue Reading ]
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
made to the youth mentioned in the previous verse. The writer may have
had the history of Joseph in... [ Continue Reading ]