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Verse Ecclesiastes 12:6. _OR EVER THE SILVER CORD BE LOOSED_] We have
already _had_ all the _external_ evidences of _old age_, with all its
attendant infirmities; next follow what takes place _in_ the...
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BE LOOSED - The termination of life is signified generally by the
snapping of the silver cord by which the lamp hangs from the ceiling;
by the dashing in pieces of the cup or reservoir of oil; by the...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_
2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the
concludin
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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...
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EPILOGUE.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified
with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words
of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
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OR, &C. New figures now (in Ecclesiastes 12:6) introduced, referring
to the _arrival_ (Structure, above) of death itself.
THE SILVER CORD: i.e. the spinal cord.
THE GOLDEN BOWL: i.e. the head, or sk...
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_or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken_ The
figurative character of the whole section, reaches its highest point
here. It is clear however that the figures, whatever they may...
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THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE,
_From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._
The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter,
enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
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OR EVER THE SILVER CORD BE LOOSED.— Remember thy Creator, I say,
_before the silver cord be removed, and the golden pully hasteneth its
motion, and the jar be dashed to pieces upon the well, and the c...
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G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
TEXT 12:2-8
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before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and
clouds return after the rain;
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in the day that the watchmen of...
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
OR EVER (I:E., BEFORE EVER) THE SILVER CORD ... - con...
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IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT
1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind
and body are failing, it will be too late.
1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 12
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8
V1 Remember who...
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GOLDEN BOWL. — Zechariah 4:3....
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עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־_יֵרָתֵק֙_† חֶ֣בֶל
הַ כֶּ֔סֶף...
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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 L...
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“THE END OF THE MATTER”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful.
The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only
our tenement. Ou...
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The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge
the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the
sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
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_Cord. The nerves. --- Fillet. Veins, or the spermatic vessels,
(Calmet) and the soul. (St. Jerome) --- Cistern. When the bladder,
&c., become disordered, Numbers xxiv. 7. (Calmet)_...
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern. (7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: an...
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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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OR EVER THE SILVER CORD BE LOOSED,.... As the above are the symptoms
and infirmities of old age; these in this verse are the immediate
symptoms of death, or what attend it, or certainly issue in it. S...
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Ver. 6. _Or ever the silver cord be loosed._] Or, Length...
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_Or ever the silver cord be loosed_ By _the silver cord_ he seems to
understand the spinal marrow, which comes from the brain, and goes
down to the lowest end of the back-bone. And this is aptly compa...
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or ever the silver cord, that by which the lamp of life was supposed
to be suspended, BE LOOSED, the thread of life being severed, OR THE
GOLDEN BOWL, conceived to be holding the oil of life, BE BROKE...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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"REMEMBER HIM BEFORE THE SILVER CORD IS BROKEN AND THE GOLDEN BOWL IS
CRUSHED, THE PITCHER BY THE WELL IS SHATTERED AND THE WHEEL AT THE
CISTERN IS CRUSHED;"BEFORE" -this verse goes back to the admoni...
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1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek
forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them,
looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
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This verse is to be understood either, 1. literally, of the ornaments
of life, such as chains, and jewels, and vessels of gold and silver,
and of the instruments by which the necessary provisions and...
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Ecclesiastes 12:6 before H3808 silver H3701 cord H2256 loosed H7576
(H8735) (H8675) H7368 (H8735) golden...
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‘Before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or
the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.'
There seems to be here a twofold thought. The golden bo...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 12:6
What, we ask, is that view of man's present condition implied in the
language which speaks of death and decay as a loosening of the silver
cord and a breaking of the golden bowl?
I....
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth:_
Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice,
«Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;_
Do not give God the dre...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the
world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love
of mirth, the indulgence...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ
_Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim,
Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20.
Certai...
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_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._
THE CREATOR REMEMBERED
How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the
weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic
picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images
used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural
form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the
evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 12:1
The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is
closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter.
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1),
It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage
years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
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2 Samuel 17:13; 2 Samuel 22:6; 2 Samuel 8:2; Ecclesiastes 2:8;...
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THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are
many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
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The silver cord — By the silver cord he seems to understand the
marrow of the back — bone, which comes from the brain, and goes down
to the lowest end of it. And this is aptly compared to a cord, both...