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Verse 24. THERE IS _NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN_] The sense of this
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"For these disorders wouldst thou find a cure,
Such cure as human frailty would a...
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Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to
vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are
brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...
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CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES
_ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_
2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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The best thing for a man is to get what pleasure he can out of life.
And after all this is the Divine scheme of life, the ordinance of God.
No one can eat or be happy apart from Him (see _mg.)._ Eccle...
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NOTHING BETTER. no goodness.
BETTER. Occurs in Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes
4:3; Eccl
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_There is nothing better for a man_ The Hebrew, as it stands, gives a
meaning which is partly represented by the LXX., "There is no good for
a man which he shall eat and drink," as though the simplest...
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_THE VANITY OF GATHERING -- ECCLESIASTES 2:24-26:_ Solomon said that
the best thing that a man can do is enjoy in a cheerful and
comfortable manner the good he has received from the hand of God. He
sh...
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THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN, &C.— This verse literally runs
thus; _No good in man that he eateth and drinketh, and maketh his soul
to see good in his labour; that itself I perceived, that it com...
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c. Labor is good only when it is acknowledged as from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
TEXT 2:24-26
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There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell
himself that his labor i...
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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I
saw, that it was from the hand of God.
(THERE IS) NOTHIN...
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2:24 enjoy (e-21) Lit. 'see,' as ver. 1....
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EAT AND DRINK] enjoy in moderation the good things of life: cp.
Jeremiah 22:15....
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EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS
1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is
folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 2
THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
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NOTHING BETTER. — “Not good” is the sense of the Hebrew as it
stands, for it will be observed that the word “than” is in
italics. But as this word might easily have dropped out by a
transcriber’s erro...
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Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the
king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of
wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
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[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and
drink, and [that] he should (p) make his soul enjoy good in his
labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
(p) Whe...
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_Drink, using with moderation the things which we have acquired,
rather than to be solicitous for more, (Worthington) --- which may
fall into the hands of an idle heir, who is appointed by God, ver. 2...
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever;
seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten.
And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. (17) Therefore I ha...
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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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[THERE IS] NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN [THAN] THAT HE SHOULD EAT AND
DRINK,.... Not in an immoderate and voluptuous manner, like the
epicure and the atheist, that disbelieve a future state and the
resurr...
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he
should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in
his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of...
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_There is nothing better_ Or, _Is there any thing better for a man?_
Which implies that there is nothing better, namely, for man's present
comfort and satisfaction; _than that he should make his soul...
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There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor, cheerfully
making use of all the blessings which God bestows on His childr...
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THE VANITY OF LABOR IN ITSELF...
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SHOULD MAKE HIS SOUL ENJOY:
Or, delight his senses...
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"THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR. MAN THAN TO EAT AND DRINK AND TELL
HIMSELF THAT HIS LABOR IS GOOD. THIS ALSO. HAVE SEEN, THAT IT IS FROM
THE HAND OF GOD."
Points To Note:
1 Solomon isn't saying, "Eat,...
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18-26 Our hearts are very loth to quit their expectations of great
things from the creature; but Solomon came to this at length. The
world is a vale of tears, even to those that have much of it. See...
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THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN; or, Is there _any thing better for
a man_ ? which implies that there is nothing better, to wit, for man's
present comfort and satisfaction; this is the chief, and in...
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 better H2896 man H120 eat H398 (H8799) drink H8354
(H8804) soul H5315 enjoy H7200 ...
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HIS PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION (ECCLESIASTES 2:24).
Ecclesiastes 2:24
‘There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and
drink, and make his soul enjoy good as a result of (in) his efforts. I...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2
I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to
wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience,
not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
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CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and
satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
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Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus,
whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18.
Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy,
_it is mad._ Chald...
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_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._
THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE
Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter.
I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
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_There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour._
THE SIMPLE JOYS OF GODLY INDUSTRY
We are not to regard these words a...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:24 If a person does not believe
his work will have a lasting impact on the world, the best he can hope
for is to FIND ENJOYMENT in TOIL and in God’s simple gifts of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:24. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN THAN THAT HE
SHOULD EAT AND DRINK] Not in the Epicurean sense, worshipping the
triad of sensual life—eat, drink, and be merry; bu...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth
embarks on a course of sensua...
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So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with
[pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this
was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
So we read in the New Testament the ep...
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1 Timothy 6:17; Acts 14:17; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18;...
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WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE
Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...
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VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 2:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on
Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...
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Enjoy — That he should thankfully take, and freely and chearfully
enjoy the comforts which God gives him. It was — A singular gift of
God....
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Is Solomon commending hedonism here?
PROBLEM: Solomon concluded, “There is nothing better for a man than
that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in
his labor.” But this is h...