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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:11. _AND, BEHOLD, ALL_ WAS _VANITY_] Emptiness
and insufficiency in itself.
_AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT_] Because it promised the good I wished for,
but did not, could not, perform t...
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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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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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THEN. But when.
LOOKED. turned in order to look, as in Ecclesiastes 2:12.
VANITY. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:2.
VEXATION OF SPIRIT. feeding on wind. Compare Ecclesiastes 1:1
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_Then I looked_ Here also, however, the result was as before. There
came the afterthought which scrutinised the enjoyments and found them
wanting. The pursuit of pleasure was as unsatisfying as the pu...
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_THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through
the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned
within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...
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THEN I LOOKED ON ALL, &C.— _Then I turned myself on all,_ &c. See
the next verse, where the same verb פנה _panah,_ in the original is
so rendered. The author represents himself as a man who, being une...
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c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
TEXT 2:1-11
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I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy
yourself. And behold, it too was fut...
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I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under...
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2:11 me (g-21) Lit 'that I had laboured,' as vers. 19,20....
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VEXATION OF SPIRIT] cp. Ecclesiastes 1:14. None of these could satisfy
the cravings of his spirit.
12-17. Wisdom is to folly as light to darkness; yet the same end
awaits both. Life, therefore, is no...
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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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(9-11) Kohéleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with
discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that fell to
his lot, he found in it no abiding profit. He goes on in the fo...
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וּ פָנִ֣יתִֽי אֲנִ֗י בְּ כָל
־מַעֲשַׂי֙ שֶֽׁ
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24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS
Ecclesiastes 2:1-17
At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a
splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and
sensuous nature. There w...
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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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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said
of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
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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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THEN I LOOKED ON ALL THE WORKS THAT MY HANDS HAD WROUGHT, AND ON THE
LABOUR THAT I HAD LABOURED TO DO,.... He had looked at them, and on
them, over and over again, and had taken pleasure therein; but...
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and
vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
V...
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_I looked on all the works_, &c. I made a serious review of my former
works and labours, and considered whether I had obtained that
satisfaction in them which I had expected to find; _and behold, all...
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, he carefully
surveyed the results of his experiment, AND ON THE LABOR THAT I HAD
LABORED TO DO, which he had planned and carried out with so m...
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Solomon's own Example...
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"THUS. CONSIDERED ALL MY ACTIVITIES WHICH MY HANDS HAD DONE AND THE
LABOR WHICH. HAD EXERTED, AND BEHOLD ALL WAS VANITY AND STRIVING AFTER
WIND AND THERE WAS NO PROFIT UNDER THE SUN."ALL MY ACTIVITIES...
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1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does
noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices
of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...
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I made a serious review of my former works and labours, and considered
whether I had obtained that satisfaction in them which I designed and
expected; AND, BEHOLD, ALL WAS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRI...
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CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE.
Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
Ecclesiastes 2:1
‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment.
Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
The general practice of men of business, their custom of year by year
taking stock, examining their books, and striking a balance to know
how they stand, is a lesson of the highest v...
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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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_I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
labour that I had laboured to do._
THE REVIEW
Our Lord pronounced the children of this world “wise in their
generation”: and who can d...
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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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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:10 The Preacher finally realizes
that his work resulted in no permanent gain UNDER THE SUN.
Nevertheless, he did receive a REWARD in return for his work: the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning
not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral
experiment.
ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR TR...
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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 John 2:16; 1 John 2:17; 1 Timothy 6:6; Ecclesiastes 1:14;...
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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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Vexation — I found myself wholly dissatisfied. No profit — The
pleasure was past, and I was never the better for it, but as empty as
before....