I CONSIDERED. I have taken to heart. EVEN TO DECLARE. Septuagint and Syriac read, "and my heart proved". THE RIGHTEOUS =. just ones. God. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: the Deity. App-4. HATRED BY ALL THAT IS BEFORE THEM. hatred. All lies before them (i.e. in the future). THEM: i... [ Continue Reading ]
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. SINNER. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44. All the nouns in this verse are singular.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN EVIL. The Preposition (= B) in _bebol,_ gives the force of the superlative: i.e. the greatest or worst calamity of all, &c. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'_ App-44. UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3. MADNESS. Plural as elsewhere. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:17. THEY GO. Omit these wor... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO HIM THAT IS JOINED. Connect this with the end of preceding verse and render "For who is excepted? To all the living", &c. HOPE. confidence. Hebrew. _bittahon_ (from _batah)_. App-69. Occurs only here, 2 Kings 18:19, and Isaiah 36:4. A LIVING DOG, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia,_ App-6. Same... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANY THING. See and Compare Ecclesiastes 9:10; Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 31:17; Psalms 88:11.Isaiah 38:18; Isaiah 38:19. A REWARD. any advantage [to them]. MEMORY. the faculty of remembering. See note on "them", below. THEM. The Hebrew suffix "them" must be taken as the subj... [ Continue Reading ]
PERISHED. Like the knowledge and memory of Ecclesiastes 9:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
OINTMENT. perfume.... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOUR... TAKEST. toil... toilest.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY HAND FINDETH TO DO. Hand put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the strength put forth by it (Leviticus 12:8; Leviticus 25:28). DO IT WITH THY MIGHT. do it while thou art able, and have time to do it. NOR KNOWLEDGE, &C. See note on Ecclesiastes 9:5, above. WISDOM. Hebrew. _... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. CHANCE. occurrence. Hebrew. _phega'_: i.e. "time[of misfortune]". Occurs only here and 1 Kings 5:4, where it is associated with "evil" (or calamity). HAPPENETH. meeteth, or befalleth.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MAN, &C. Connect this sentence with Ecclesiastes 9:11. MAN... MEN. Hebrew. _'adam_ (with Art.) App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LITTLE CITY. For the application of verses: Ecclesiastes 9:14, note the following illustrations: poor (2 Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:6); wise (1 Corinthians 1:24); delivered (1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:25); none remembered ... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS FOUND. [some one] was found. POOR. unfortunate. Hebrew. _misken._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. POOR WISE. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "poor but wise". MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOLS. fat, inert. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]