Ecclesiastes 11 - Introduction
_DIRECTIONS FOR CHARITY. DEATH IN LIFE, AND THE DAY OF JUDGMENT IN THE DAYS OF YOUTH, ARE TO BE THOUGHT ON._... [ Continue Reading ]
_DIRECTIONS FOR CHARITY. DEATH IN LIFE, AND THE DAY OF JUDGMENT IN THE DAYS OF YOUTH, ARE TO BE THOUGHT ON._... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS— _Cast thy corn before the waters, for thou shalt find it,_ &c. Desvoex observes, the true design of this verse is so plainly pointed out by the context, that interpreters could not avoid seeing that it is an exhortation to benevolence and liberality; yet few of them u... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT OBSERVETH THE WIND, &C.— The _first precept,_ or _advice,_ contained in Ecclesiastes 11:1 has a retrospect to the first proposition; and might be thus expressed, if we were not to make use of figurative language: since the goods of this world are mere vanity, do your best to fix, or to give... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT— _As thou knowest not which way the wind will blow, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of her who is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God, who shall do all this;_ Ecclesiastes 11:6 _therefore sow thy seed,_ &c. The _morning_ and... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF A MAN LIVE MANY YEARS— _Yet, if a man was to live many years in a continual enjoyment of pleasure, and should remember that the days of darkness shall be many; all that is past is vanity._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH— _In the days of thy wishes._... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW— _And remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away pain from thy flesh; because this youth, nay, this dawn of light, is but a vapour;_ Desvoeux: who puts a semicolon only at the end of this verse, and connects very properly the first verse of the next chapter with it thus:—_and... [ Continue Reading ]