Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Event - See Ecclesiastes 2:14 note.
Sweareth - i. e., Swears lightly or profanely.
Event - See Ecclesiastes 2:14 note.
Sweareth - i. e., Swears lightly or profanely.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:2. _ALL_ THINGS COME _ALIKE TO ALL_] This is very generally true; but God often makes a difference; and his faithful followers witness many interventions of Divine Providence in...
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)...
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
ALL THINGS COME ALIKE TO ALL. Just as before all others. Reading on from Ecclesiastes 9:1. ONE EVENT: i.e. death. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:14. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
_All things come alike to all_ As before, the seeker sees no order or purpose in the chances and changes of life. Earthquakes, pestilences, tempests make no discrimination between good and evil. As wi...
4. Work regardless of the similar fate of the godly and the ungodly. Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 TEXT 9:1-10 1 For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their d...
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
There seems no discrimination in the lot of men....
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...
_(_2_)_ HE THAT SWEARETH. — Zechariah 5:3....
הַ כֹּ֞ל כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַ † כֹּ֗ל...
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...
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...
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,...
But. Hebrew joins this with the preceding not, " by all that is before them. All things come alike to all, there is one event to," &c. (Protestants) (Haydock) --- The pagans distinguished real goods a...
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 knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before th...
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...
ALL [THINGS COME] ALIKE TO ALL,.... That is, all outward things in this life, good and bad men share in alike; which proves that neither love nor hatred can be known by them: so the emperor Mark Anton...
All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as...
_All things come alike to all_ The good and evil things of this world equally happen to good and bad men; _as is the good, so is the sinner_ As to all outward things. _This is an evil_, &c. A great tr...
CONCERNING HUMAN DESTINY...
All things come alike to all, the destiny of all men is decided by the Lord; THERE IS ONE EVENT TO THE RIGHTEOUS, AND TO THE WICKED, the same Providence governing the lives of both; TO THE GOOD, AND T...
"IT IS THE SAME FOR ALL. THERE IS ONE FATE FOR THE RIGHTEOUS AND FOR THE WICKED; FOR THE GOOD, FOR THE CLEAN, AND FOR THE UNCLEAN; FOR THE MAN WHO OFFERS. SACRIFICE AND FOR THE ONE WHO DOES NOT SACRIF...
1-3 We are not to think our searching into the word or works of God useless, because we cannot explain all difficulties. We may learn many things good for ourselves and useful to others. But man cann...
ALL THINGS COME ALIKE TO ALL; the good and evil things of this world do equally happen to good and bad men. THE CLEAN; either, 1. Morally clean or holy men. Or, 2. Legally, who made conscience of kee...
Ecclesiastes 9:2 One H259 event H4745 righteous H6662 wicked H7563 good H2896 clean H2889 unclean H2931 sacrifices...
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...
‘For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hatred, man does not know it. Everything is...
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...
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...
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...
_All things come alike to all _ THE IMPARTIALITY OF PROVIDENCE Of what service is a religious life to man since Providence treats all alike? This statement is-- I. Phenomenally true. To all outwar...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:1 No matter how difficult or humble a person’s circumstances may be, those circumstances are to be preferred to dying, because A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LI...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:2. ONE EVENT.] An equal chance or happening—the wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2:14, and Ecclesiastes 3:19). Chance, in this use of the
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...
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...
1 Samuel 14:26; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 7:18;...
All things — The good and evil things of the world equally happen to good and bad men....