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2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_
2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12)
3. Concerning judgment and the future ...
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From one point of view this section may be entitled _In Praise of
Opportunism,_ from another _Human Helplessness._ Every action in which
man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure tha...
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SEEN THE TRAVAIL. considered the business.
TRAVAIL. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23....
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_I have seen the travail, which God hath given_ Better perhaps, I HAVE
SEEN THE LABOUR, or THE BUSINESS. As before, in the preceding verse,
the thinker, once back in the old groove of thought, repeats...
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2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in
frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22
TEXT 3:9-22
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What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
10
I have...
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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to
be exercised in it.
I HAVE SEEN THE TRAVAIL ... GIVEN TO THE SONS OF MEN. Needless
anxieties and toils, which men might avoid, i...
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THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME
1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set
himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture,
pleasure, are al...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 3
A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...
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רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת ־הָֽ עִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר
נָתַ֧ן אֱ
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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THE QUEST OBSTRUCTED BY DIVINE ORDINANCES.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
The time of birth, for instance, and the time of death, are ordained
by a Power over which men have no control; they begin to be, and they...
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The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the
experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he
has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...
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I have seen the labour, which God hath given to the sons of men (b) to
be exercised in it.
(b) Read (Ecclesiastes 1:13)....
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it. (11) He hath made everything beautiful in hi...
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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...
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I HAVE SEEN THE TRAVAIL WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN TO THE SONS OF MEN,....
The pains and trouble they are at to get a little wisdom and
knowledge, Ecclesiastes 1:13; and so to obtain riches and honour,
peac...
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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it.
Ver. 10. _I have seen the travail that God, &c._] Not fortune, but
Providence ordereth all cross occurrences; ...
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_I have seen the travail_, &c. I have diligently observed men's
various employments, and the different successes of them. _Which God
hath given_, &c. Which God hath imposed upon men as their duty; to...
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I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it, the misery which is the lot of all human beings....
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THE DEPENDENCE OF MAN UPON THE COURSE OF NATUREV. 1. TO EVERYTHING,
all that men undertake or do on earth, THERE IS A SEASON, AND A TIME
TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN, under the government and pro...
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"I HAVE SEEN THE TASK WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN THE SONS OF MEN WITH WHICH
TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES."
To support the negative conclusion of verse 9, Solomon notes his
observations ("I have seen"). "Solomon's p...
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1-10 To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world, must end in
disappointment. To bring ourselves to our state in life, is our duty
and wisdom in this world. God's whole plan for the government...
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I HAVE SEEN, I have diligently observed and considered upon this
occasion, THE TRAVAIL, or _the occupation_ or _business_, men's
various employments, and the differing successes of them, WHICH GOD
HAT...
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Ecclesiastes 3:10 seen H7200 (H8804) God-given H430 H5414 (H8804) task
H6045 sons H1121 men H120 occupied...
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MUSINGS ON MAN'S WORK (ECCLESIASTES 3:9).
Ecclesiastes 3:9
‘What profit has the workman in that in which he labours?
We return here to the question of purposelessness. The workman who
labours gains...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-3
Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed
for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could
not have been greater, he considers, had h...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this
arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him.
"He hath made everything beautiful in its time,...
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CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness
and unsearchableness of the divine counsels.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of
the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into
twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...
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_What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?_
AUTUMN MUSINGS
Autumn is a time which has its meaning, as well as its appropriate
duties. Its deep suggestiveness is written upon the...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:9 Fear God, the Sovereign One.
The vanity of life causes the Preacher to reflect on what is permanent
and lasting: the sovereign God of the universe....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 3:11. IN HIS TIME.] This is the emphatic part of the
sentence. The fitting time is one of the chief elements in the ways of
Providence, which raises in us the thought of...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 3:1
Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends
upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence
arranges even the minutest concerns;...
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Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used
poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and
it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was
mono...
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1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; Ecclesiastes 1:13;
Ecclesiastes 1:14;...
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WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE
Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...
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Seen — I have diligently observed mens various employments, and the
different successes of them. Hath given — Which God hath imposed
upon men as their duty; to which therefore men ought quickly to
sub...