Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:3
The world is ruled by fixed laws, the operation of which man has no power to suspend.
The world is ruled by fixed laws, the operation of which man has no power to suspend.
Verse Ecclesiastes 11:3. _IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN._] Act as the clouds; when they are full they pour out their water indifferently on the _field_ and on the _desert_. By giving charity indiscri...
“Unforeseen events come from God; and the man who is always gazing on the uncertain future will neither begin nor complete any useful work: but do thou bear in mind that times and circumstances, the p...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Proverbs concerning man's work(Ecclesiastes 11:1)_ 2. The vanity of life (Ecclesiastes 11:7) Ecclesiastes 11:1. These continued proverbs concern the work of m
ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
_If the clouds be full of rain_ The thought is linked to that which precedes it by the mention of the "evil coming upon the earth." In regard to that evil, the sweeping calamities that lie beyond man'...
F. EXHORTATIONS TO WORK IN HARMONY WITH Wisdom 11:112:8 1. Trust God and be cheerful in all of your activities. Ecclesiastes 11:1-8 TEXT 11:1-8 1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for...
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. CLOUDS - ans...
LIFE AFTER ALL IS WORTH LIVING 1-3. Fulfil the duty of beneficence, knowing that results are in the hands of God....
The fixed laws by which the world is governed. WHERE THE TREE FALLETH, etc.] There is no reference here to the state of man after death. 4-6. Man's knowledge is limited, while God's purposes are insc...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 11 THE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN BEINGS HAS LIMITS – ECCLESIASTES 11:1-6 V1 Throw your bre...
אִם ־יִמָּלְא֨וּ הֶ עָבִ֥ים גֶּ֨שֶׁם֙ עַל ־הָ
BUT IN A WISE USE AND A WISE ENJOYMENT OF THE PRESENT LIFE, Ecclesiastes 11:1 What that Good is, and where it may be found, the Preacher now proceeds to show. But, as his manner is, he does not say i...
FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present Li...
LIVE NOT FOR TODAY ALONE Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 The casting of bread upon the waters is an allusion to the oriental custom of casting rice-grains on the fields, when they lie submerged beneath the annu...
The method of worldly wisdom is not that of discretion only; it is, moreover, that of diligence, and this passage urges such diligence. Again, we have taken more than one text out of this passage to p...
If the (b) clouds are full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the (c) tree falleth toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be....
If the tree fall, &c. The state of the soul is unchangeable, when once she comes to heaven or hell: and the soul that departs this life in the state of grace, shall never fall from grace; as on the ot...
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. (4) He that obs...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, THEY EMPTY [THEMSELVES] UPON THE EARTH,.... They do not retain it; sad would it be for the earth if they did; but they let it down softly and gently, in plentiful shower...
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. Ver. 3. _If...
_If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves_, &c. Learn, O man, the practice of liberality from the very lifeless creatures, from the clouds; which, when they are filled with water, do not h...
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, when periods of misfortune are due to happen, evil will come in full measure; AND IF THE TREE FALL TOWARD THE SOUTH OR TOWARD THE N...
PRACTICING BENEVOLENCE...
"IF THE CLOUDS ARE FULL, THEY POUR OUT RAIN UPON THE EARTH; AND WHETHER. TREE FALLS TOWARD THE SOUTH OR TOWARD THE NORTH, WHEREVER THE TREE FALLS, THERE IT LIES." Points To Note: 2 "speaks of. storm...
1-6 Solomon presses the rich to do good to others. Give freely, though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Excuse not thyself with the good thou hast done, from the good thou hast further...
IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, THEY EMPTY THEMSELVES UPON THE EARTH: learn, O man, the practice of liberality from the very lifeless creatures, from the clouds; which when they are filled with water,...
Ecclesiastes 11:3 clouds H5645 full H4390 (H8735) rain H1653 empty H7324 (H8686) earth H776 tree H6086 fall
CHAPTER ECCLESIASTES 11:1 ADVICE FROM THE WISE MAN TO THE WISE. Central to these verses is the recognition of our ignorance. We do not know what will happen when we do things, we do not know what God...
CHAPTER S ECCLESIASTES 11:9 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:14 THE VENTURING OF THE YOUNG, THE TRIALS OF THE OLD AND MAN'S FINAL DESTINY. As we come to the end of the writer's musings we are rewarded with the fina...
Ecclesiastes 11:3 I. In the first proverb in chap. xi. "Cast thy bread upon the waters," etc. do we not see, no less than in the parable of the sower, the common work of man as a tiller of the ground...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
Ecclesiastes 11:1. _Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days._ Hoard not thy bread; for if thou dost, it will mildew, it will be of no use to thee. Cast it on the waters...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to works of charity and right living. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Since we have death and judgment to prepare for, we should do good to others and abound in liberalit...
Ecclesiastes 11:1. _Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days._ The root לחם _lechem,_ designates bread, corn, and all kinds of meat which sustain life. It refers also to...
_If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth._ BLACK CLOUDS AND BRIGHT BLESSINGS It was raining very heavily when I was thinking over this text. When I came here I found that...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 11:1. CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS.] “Bread,” rendered in Isaiah 28:28, “bread corn.” It has been supposed that there is an allusion to the manner of sowing the seed-co...
EXPOSITION Approaching the end of his treatise, Koheleth, in view of apparent anomalies in God's moral government, and the difficulties that meet man in his social and political relations, proceeds t...
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you don't know what evil shall be upon the eaRuth (Ecclesiastes 11:1-2). You do...
1 John 3:17; 1 Kings 18:45; Isaiah 55:10; Isaiah 55:11; Luke 13:7;...
The clouds — Learn, O man, the practice of liberality from the very lifeless creatures, from the clouds; which when they are filled with water, do not hoard it up, but plentifully pour it forth for th...