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Verse Ecclesiastes 6:12. _FOR WHO KNOWETH WHAT_ IS _GOOD FOR MAN IN_
THIS _LIFE_] Those things which we deem _good_ are often _evil_. And
those which we think _evil_ are often _good_. So ignorant are...
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AFTER HIM - i. e., On earth, in his own present sphere of action,
after his departure hence (compare Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes
3:22)....
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CHAPTER 6 DISHEARTENING CONTRADICTIONS
_ 1. Riches--Inability to enjoy them (Ecclesiastes 6:1)_
2. Having All--Yet no fill of the soul (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
3. The sad ending wail (Eccle
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ECCLESIASTES 6. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND FATE. Parallel with
the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is
that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires ar...
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ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE. the numbered days of his vain life.
FOR. as to which....
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_who knoweth what is good for man_ We have once more the distinctive
formula of Pyrrhonism. "Who knows?" was the sceptic's question, then
as at all times. See note on ch. Ecclesiastes 3:21. After all...
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WHICH HE SPENDETH AS A SHADOW— _Though he spendeth them under a
shadow, in which who will shew a man what shall be after him?_
Desvoeux: who has shewn, that the phrase, _to spend his days under a
shad...
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4. Reasons why it is useless to strive for riches Ecclesiastes 6:10-12
TEXT 6:10-12
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Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is;
for he cannot dispute with him who is str...
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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man
what shall be after him under the sun?
WHO KNOWETH WHAT IS GOO...
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LIFE AN ENIGMA
1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
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Man can neither judge what is really for his happiness in life nor
foresee the future fate of that in which he may be interested....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 6
A PERSON’S LIFE THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY – ECCLESIASTES 6:1-6...
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AS A SHADOW. — Ecclesiastes 8:13; Job 14:2....
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כִּ֣י מִֽי ־יֹודֵעַ֩ מַה ־טֹּ֨וב לָֽ
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THIRD SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean
Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1
IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
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The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty.
Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than
with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of...
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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the
poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let us not turn hastily away from this chapter. There are many
important improvements to be gathered from it under grace. What
Solomon saw as a sore evil in his days, you and I may...
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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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FOR WHO KNOWETH WHAT [IS] GOOD FOR MAN IN [THIS] LIFE?.... To be in a
higher or lower station of life, to live in grandeur or meanness, to
be rich or poor, learned or unlearned; since that which seems...
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For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man
what shall be after him under the sun?
Ver. 12. _For who kno...
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_Seeing there be many things which increase vanity_ This seems to be
added as a conclusion from all the foregoing Chapter s; seeing not
only man is a vain creature in himself, but there are also many...
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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his
vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? How can any mere human being,
himself subject to change and decay, decide just what spec...
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OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
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ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE:
_ Heb._ the number of the days of the life of his vanity...
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"FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD FOR. MAN DURING HIS LIFETIME, DURING THE
FEW YEARS OF HIS FUTILE LIFE? HE WILL SPEND THEM LIKE. SHADOW. FOR WHO
CAN TELL. MAN WHAT WILL BE AFTER HIM UNDER THE SUN?"FOR WHO...
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7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal
can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of
the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as...
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WHO KNOWETH WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN? no man certainly knows what is best
for him here, whether to be high or low, rich or poor, because those
great things which men generally desire and pursue are very f...
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 knows H3045 (H8802) good H2896 man H120 life H2416
all H4557 days H3117 vain H1892 life...
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MAN SHOULD NOT SEE HIMSELF AS ANYTHING SPECIAL (ECCLESIASTES 6:10).
The section closes with the warning that man should not see himself as
anything special. Like all creatures he was named by God (Gen...
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
I. Fate is fixed. All the past was the result of a previous destiny,
and so shall be all the future. Such is the sentiment of the third
chapter, and such appears to be the import of...
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Ecclesiastes 5:8-7
I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear
of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of
human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
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CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly wealth as pertaining only to the body.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Man deprives himself of the good he might have had of his
worldly possessions by not cons...
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Ecclesiastes 6:2. _But a stranger eateth it._ The richer families in
Israel had often foreign servants, who rose to influence in their
master's house. But greater was the affliction from invading armi...
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_For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?_
for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
THE KNOWN AND THE UNKN...
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_That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is
man._
SOLOMON’S DARK IDEAS OF LIFE
He says in effect--
I. Fate is fixed. “That which hath been.” Everything is fate. Most
men feel...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 6:12 FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD
FOR MAN? Even the wisest humans cannot give absolutely correct advice
based on a certain knowledge of WHAT WILL BE....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 6:6. DO NOT ALL GO TO ONE PLACE?] All go to
School—“the house of assembly of all living” (Job 30:23). There
all arrive equally poor; nor is the chance afforded them to r...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 6:1
Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at
the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of
wealth are alike the free gif...
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Now there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it's common
among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so
that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires
(E...
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1 Chronicles 29:15; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes
3:22;...
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Who knoweth — No man certainly knows what is better for him here,
whether to be high or low, rich or poor. Vain life — Life itself is
a vain and uncertain thing, and therefore all things which depend...