AS. like. WHO... ? Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), from the preceding line: "Who [is like him that] knoweth? " INTERPRETATION. understanding. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 8:1; Proverbs 8:2. BOLDNESS. sternness.... [ Continue Reading ]
I COUNSEL THEE: or. say, then, in regard of-on account of.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAND NOT. do not take thy stand. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulg, read, "and stand not".... [ Continue Reading ]
POWER. might, or control. Hebrew. _shilton._ Occurs only here and in Ecclesiastes 8:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEEL. know. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ TIME AND JUDGMENT. a time, yea,. judgment time. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURPOSE. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1. THERE IS. there exists. Hebrew. _yesh._ THEREFORE THE MISERY. when the evil. GREAT. heavy.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Some render "wind" and refer to Ecclesiastes 11:5.Proverbs 8:30; Proverbs 8:4. DISCHARGE IN THAT WAR. no furlough in the battle [of life]. WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Perhaps here. cunning: no cunning will save the wicked. THOSE THAT ARE GIVEN TO IT. i... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3. THERE IS. TIME WHEREIN. sometimes.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAW. I have seen. THE WICKED. lawless men (plural) Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. COME AND GONE. Supply the complex Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "I have seen wicked men come [to the grave; and righteous men] depart [in death, Genesis 15:2] from the place of the holy, and be forgotten", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAYS. Supply the Ellipsis by "evil-doing". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: the Deity.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON THE EARTH. See note on Ecclesiastes 5:2. JUST. righteous.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUSINESS. travail. FOR ALSO THERE IS, &C.. how that one doth not see sleep with his eyes by day or by night. Figure of speech _Catachresis_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]