Ecclesiastes 6:1
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3. MEN. Hebrew. _adam_ (with Art.). humanity. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3. MEN. Hebrew. _adam_ (with Art.). humanity. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God, or the Deity. App-4. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13. WEALTH. See note on Ecclesiastes 5:19. HIS SOUL. himself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ VANITY. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
FILLED. satisfied.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE COMETH: i.e. in the untimely birth of Ecclesiastes 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT ALL. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (in Affirmation), App-6. Compare Ecclesiastes 3:19. ONE PLACE: i.e. Sheol. App-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOUR. toil. THE APPETITE. the soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT. what [advantage]. THE WISE. a wise one, or sage. THE FOOL. a fool. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7. THE POOR. a wretched one. Heb _'anah._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. THE SIGHT OF. what is seen by. THE WANDERING OF. what is pursued by. THE DESIRE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. No Art. VEXATION OF SPIRIT. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:14. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH HATH BEEN IS NAMED ALREADY, &C.: _"What is he who hath been? "(Compare Ecclesiastes 1:9).Long ago his name was given;And it is understood what [that name was,]--It was Adam":_ which means vegetable mould, made in the likeness of Elohim, Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 5:1; Genesis 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE. the numbered days of his vain life. FOR. as to which.... [ Continue Reading ]