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Verse Ecclesiastes 12:3. _IN THE DAY WHEN THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE_]
The BODY of _man_ is here compared to a HOUSE: - mark the metaphors
and their propriety.
1. _THE KEEPERS SHALL TREMBLE_ - the _han...
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The body in old age and death is here described under the figure of a
decaying house with its inmates and furniture.
This verse is best understood as referring to the change which old age
brings to f...
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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
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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...
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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)...
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KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE: i.e. the arms of the body.
HOUSE. The human body is often compared to. house (Isaiah 38:12. Job
4:19. 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:2;...
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_in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble_ Here, as
before, there is a vivid picture which is also an allegory. The words
represent (1) the effect of terror, such as that produced by tem...
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WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT.— _Before the sun, and the light, and
the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the
rain._ Ecclesiastes 12:3. _In the day when the keepers of the hou...
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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...
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G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
TEXT 12:2-8
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before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and
clouds return after the rain;
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in the day that the watchmen of...
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In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they
are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
KE...
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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...
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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...
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In this verse we have a description of an afflicted and affrighted
house: the servants below (keepers of the house; comp. 2 Samuel 20:3)
in consternation [the word for “tremble” occurs twice more in
B...
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בַּ † יֹּ֗ום שֶׁ יָּזֻ֨עוּ֙ שֹׁמְרֵ֣י
הַ...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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In the day when the (b) keepers of the house shall tremble, and the
(c) strong men shall bow themselves, and the (d) grinders cease
because they are few, and those that (e) look out of the windows sha...
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House. The sides, (St. Jerome) or rather the arms. (Calmet) --- Some
understand prelates, or angels. (Thaumat.) --- And the powers that are
in heaven shall be moved. (Mark xiii. 25.) (Haydock) --- Men...
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While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: (3) In the day when
the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow...
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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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IN THE DAY WHEN THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE SHALL TREMBLE,.... By the
"house" is meant the human body; which is a house of clay, the earthly
house of our tabernacle, in which the soul dwells, Job 4:19 2...
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_In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they
are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,_
Ver...
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_When the keepers of the house_ The body, which is often and fitly
compared to a house; whose keepers are the hands and arms, which are
man's best instruments to defend his body from the assaults of m...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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in the day when the keepers of the house, all the members and organs
of the body, especially the hands and feet, SHALL TREMBLE, AND THE
STRONG MEN SHALL BOW THEMSELVES, bent over with the weight of ag...
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THE GRINDERS CEASE, BECAUSE THEY ARE FEW:
Or, the grinders fail, because they grind little...
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"IN THE DAY THAT THE WATCHMEN OF THE HOUSE TREMBLE, AND MIGHTY MEN
STOOP, THE GRINDING ONES STAND IDLE BECAUSE THEY ARE FEW, AND THOSE
WHO LOOK THROUGH WINDOWS GROW DIM;"WATCHMEN OF THE HOUSE TREMBLE...
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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,...
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THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE, i.e. of the body, which is oft and fitly
compared to a house, as JOB 4:19 PSALMS 119:54 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1;
whose _keepers_ here are either,
1. The ribs and bones into which t...
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Ecclesiastes 12:3 day H3117 keepers H8104 (H8802) house H1004 tremble
H2111 (H8799) strong H2428 men H582 d
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‘Before the sun and the light and the moon are darkened, and the
clouds return after the rain. In the day when the keepers of the house
will tremble, and the strong men will bend themselves, and the
g...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Those that look out of the windows be darkened._
WINDOWS
In the description of the infirmities of old age, the window doubtless
stands for the eyes, with lashes like lattice-work of an Oriental
hous...
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_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...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic
picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images
used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The house — Of the body: whose keepers are the hands and arms, which
are man's best instruments to defend his body; and which in a special
manner are subject to his trembling. The strong men — The thi...