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Verse Ecclesiastes 12:2. _WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR
THE STARS,_ _BE NOT DARKENED_] i.e., in the SPRING, prime, and
prosperity of life.
_NOR THE CLOUDS RETURN_] The infirmities of o...
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WHILE ... NOT - Or, Before. The darkening of the lights of heaven
denotes a time of affliction and sadness. Compare Ezekiel 32:7; Job
3:9; Isaiah 5:30. Contrast this representation of old age with...
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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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_while the sun, or the light_ The imagery falls in naturally with the
thought that the approach of death is represented by the gathering of
a tempest. It does not follow, however, that this excludes t...
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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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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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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;
3
in the day that the watchmen of...
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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:
BE NOT DARKENED - i:e., before they be so. Illustrating "the evil
days." "Light," "sun...
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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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Here the style rises, and we have a figurative description of the
“evil days;” but, as sometimes happens in the case of highly
wrought poetry, it is much easier to perceive the general effect
intended...
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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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While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not
darkened, nor the (a) clouds return after the rain:
(a) Before you come to a continual misery: for when the clouds remain
after the rai...
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Before the sun, &c. That is, before old age: the effects of which upon
all the senses and faculties are described in the following verses,
under a variety of figures. (Challoner) --- All are exhorted...
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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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WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS, BE NOT
DARKENED,.... The wise man proceeds to describe the infirmities of old
age, and the troubles that attend it; in order to engage young 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:_
Ver. 2. _While the sun, or the light, or the moon, &c., _] _i.e., _
While greater and...
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_While the sun, or the light_, &c. Hebrews _While the sun, and the
light, and the moon_, &c. That clause, _and the light_, seems to be
added to signify, that he speaks of the darkening of the sun, and...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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while the sun, or the light, the refreshing beauty of the morning
light, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS BE NOT DARKENED, when the light of
youthful life is darkened by the shadows of advancing old age, NOR...
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"BEFORE THE SUN, THE LIGHT, THE MOON, AND THE STARS ARE DARKENED, AND
CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN;"BEFORE THE SUN" -note the declining
order, the sun, which is the most powerful giver of light, then...
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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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WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS BE NOT
DARKENED, Heb. _While the sun, and the light, and the moon_, &c. That
clause, _and the light_, seems to be added to signify that he speaks...
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Ecclesiastes 12:2 sun H8121 light H216 moon H3394 stars H3556 darkened
H2821 (H8799) clouds H5645 return H7725
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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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_The clouds return after the rain._
SORROW UNSPEAKABLE
Coming home from the burial of his little Agnes, the late Nehemiah
Adams, D.D., of Boston, drew out of his pocket the ribbon-tied key of
her cas...
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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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1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; Ecclesiastes 11:7;...
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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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Which — Heb. While the sun, and the light, and the moon, &c. That
clause, and the light, seems to be added to signify that he speaks of
the darkening of the sun, and moon, and stars; not in themselves...