UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3. SIDE. Hebrew "hand": put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the violence proceeding from it. THEY: i.e. the oppressed. The phrase repeated for emphasis. Figure of speech _Epistrophe._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISED. commended, or pronounced happy. Hebrew. _sliabach,_ used only by David and Solomon.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRAVAIL. toil, as connected with trouble, sorrow. Not the same word as in Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:14. EVERY RIGHT WORK. all the dexterity in work. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. VEXATION, &C.. feeding on wind. See n... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil,_ fat, inert. See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILD. son. LABOUR. toil. MY SOUL. myself. TRAVAIL. fatigue from toil. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 2:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREVAIL AGAINST. overpower. Hebrew. _takaph,_ supposed to belong to later Hebrew, but it is found in Job 14:20 with Job 15:24 (the only three occurrences). See App-76. A THREEFOLD CORD. Compare Numbers 6:24; Micah 6:8; Titus 2:12; Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3 with 1 Thessalonians 1:9; [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. straitened in means, not able to profit others. Hebrew. _misken._ Not the same as in Ecclesiastes 4:14. Supposed to be. later Hebrew word, but. derivative of it is found in Deuteronomy 8:9. See App-76.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF PRISON, &C. Compare Joseph (Genesis 41:40); Daniel (Daniel 5:29; Daniel 6:1). BORN, &C. Compare Rehoboam, robbed by Shishak (1 Kings 14:25). POOR. needy, in want. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.Proverbs 6:16; Proverbs 6:16 VEXATION. The same word as in... [ Continue Reading ]