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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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
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OINTMENT. perfume....
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_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...
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4. Work regardless of the similar fate of the godly and the ungodly.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-10
TEXT 9:1-10
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For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous
men, wise men, and their d...
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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...
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LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY
1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 14:2; Psalms 45:8; Psalms 104:14; Revel
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בְּ כָל ־עֵ֕ת יִהְי֥וּ בְגָדֶ֖יךָ
לְבָנִ֑ים ו
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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_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._...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
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"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...
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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...
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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
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Ecclesiastes 9:8 garments H899 always H6256 white H3836 head H7218
lack H2637 (H8799) oil H8081
thy garments -...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:24; Amos 6:6; Daniel 10:3; Esther 8:15;...