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Verse 17. _ALL HIS DAYS ALSO HE EATETH IN DARKNESS_] Even his
enjoyments are embittered by _uncertainty_. He fears for his goods;
the possibility of being deprived of them fills his heart with
anguis...
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3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_
2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle
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CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_
an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the
graded hierarchy of officials...
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_he eateth in darkness_ The words are so natural a figure of a
cheerless life with no "sweetness and light" in it (comp. Micah 7:8),
that there is something almost ludicrous in the prosaic literalism...
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ALL HIS DAYS ALSO HE EATETH— The first proof of the second
proposition is comprized in Ecclesiastes 5:14 and is taken from the
instability of riches. The longer one has been in possession of a
plentif...
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b. They may be harmful. Ecclesiastes 5:13-17
TEXT 5:13-17
13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being
hoarded by their owner to their hurt.
14
When those riches were...
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and
wrath with his sickness.
EATETH - appropriately put for 'liveth' in general, as connected with
Ecclesiastes 5:11; . IN DARKNESS...
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5:17 sickness, (a-14) Lit. 'his sickness.'...
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DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE
1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the
earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to
religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 5
BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7
V1 Be careful when you go to God...
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We pass without notice some variations of translation in this verse,
which do not materially affect the sense....
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:16]_ גַּ֥ם כָּל ־יָמָ֖יו בַּ †...
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PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE.
(b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of
great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the
Bo...
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AND TO TAKE FROM LIFE ITS QUIET AND INNOCENT ENJOYMENTS.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
(e) Now surely a life so thick with perils, so beset with temptations,
should have a very large and certain reward to offer....
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AND A MORE HELPFUL AND CONSOLATORY TRUST IN THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Not content with this, however, the Preacher goes on to show how, when
they returned from the House of God to the c...
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In
this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there
is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
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All his days also he eateth in (n) darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow
and wrath with his sickness.
(n) In affliction and grief of mind....
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CHAPTER V....
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...
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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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ALL HIS DAYS ALSO HE EATETH IN DARKNESS,.... To all that has been said
is added another evil, that attends such whose hearts are inordinately
set on riches; that all their days, throughout the whole o...
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and
wrath with his sickness.
Ver. 17. _All his days also he eats in darkness,_] _i.e., _ He lives
besides that he hath, and cannot s...
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_As he came forth, &c., naked shall he return_ Into the womb, or belly
of the earth, the common mother of all mankind. _And shall take
nothing of his labour_ This is another vanity. If his estate be
n...
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, always under a gloomy cloud,
never sure of the continuance of his wealth, AND HE HATH MUCH SORROW
AND WRATH WITH HIS SICKNESS, nothing but annoyance and dissat...
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ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...
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"THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE ALSO EATS IN DARKNESS WITH GREAT VEXATION,
SICKNESS AND ANGER."THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE" -That is, throughout the life
of the man intent upon finding happiness in possessions.
"HE...
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9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than
appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of
life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better tha...
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ALL HIS DAYS, to wit, of his life, ALSO HE EATETH IN DARKNESS; he hath
no comfort in his estate, but even when he eats, when other men relax
their minds, and use freedom and cheerfulness, he doth it w...
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Ecclesiastes 5:17 days H3117 eats H398 (H8799) darkness H2822 much
H7235 (H8687) sorrow H3707 (H8804) sickn
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BURDENS AND PROBLEMS OF WEALTH (ECCLESIASTES 5:8).
Here we find a total contrast to the first seven verses. There the
thought was of attitude towards God. Now we move on to the atti...
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Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1
I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same.
Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on
asphodel. The profit of the ea...
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Ecclesiastes 5:8-7
I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear
of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of
human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It
teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had
no voice in making; that we often lie at th...
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CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation
attending the possession of wealth.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
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Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not
hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The
Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world.
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:17 The man’s selfish, fearful
greed resulted in a truly wretched life.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 5:13. TO THEIR HURT] Inasmuch as they, at length, lose
those possessions (Ecclesiastes 5:14). The owner is more unhappy than
if he had never possessed at all.
Eccl
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 5:1
Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure
happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_
Religious exercises need the observa...
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Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider
the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
When you go into the...
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1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Kings 17:12; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 2 Chronicles
24:24;...
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He eateth — He hath no comfort in his estate, but even when he eats,
he doth it with anxiety and discontent. And wrath — When he falls
sick, and presages his death, he is filled with rage, because he...