I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and (f) chance happeneth to them all.
(f) Thus the worldlings say to prove that all things are lawful for them and attribute that to chance and fortune which is done by the providence of God.
Verse Ecclesiastes 9:11. _THE RACE_ IS _NOT TO THE SWIFT_] It is not by swiftness, nor by strength and valour, that races are gained and battles won. God causes the _lame_ often to take the _prey_, t...
Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1. After the description Ecclesiastes 9:5 of the portionless condition of the dead, the n...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The common fate (Ecclesiastes 9:1)_ 2. Make the best of life (Ecclesiastes 9:7) 3. The great uncertainty (Ecclesiastes 9:11)...
ECCLESIASTES 8:16 TO ECCLESIASTES 9:16. LIFE'S RIDDLE BAFFLES THE WISEST QUEST. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16_ b_ describes the ceaseless effort of the keen student of life, or perhaps the fate
MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. CHANCE. occurrence. Hebrew. _phega'_: i.e. "time[of misfortune]". Occurs only here and 1 Kings 5:4, where it is associated with "evil" (or calamity). HAPPENETH. meetet...
_that the race is not to the swift_ The sequence of thought is that while it is a man's wisdom to do the work which he finds ready to his hand, he must not reckon on immediate and visible results. The...
I RETURNED, AND SAW UNDER THE SUN— _I considered again, and I observed under the sun._...
5. Work with the awareness that God will control the final outcome. Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 TEXT 9:11-12 11 I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, and the battle is not to the wa...
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of ski...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 9 EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
Romans 9:16. CHANCE. — Elsewhere only in 1 Kings 5:4....
שַׁ֜בְתִּי וְ רָאֹ֣ה תַֽחַת ־הַ שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ
NOR IN PLEASURE: Ecclesiastes 9:7 Imagine, then, a Jew brought to the bitter pass which Coheleth has described. He has acquainted himself with wisdom, native and foreign; and wisdom has led him to co...
THE CHIEF GOOD NOT TO BE FOUND IN WISDOM: Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his final course...
In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
_All. Thus it appears to the inattentive, and to the wicked. For Solomon frequently inculcates that Providence directs all wisely. Human industry is not always attended with success, Deuteronomy xxix....
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil...
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...
I RETURNED, AND SAW UNDER THE SUN,.... The wise man returned to his former subject, concerning the same events happening to all sorts of persons, righteous and wicked, wise and unwise, Ecclesiastes 10...
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of sk...
_I returned and saw_ This may have some respect to the foregoing verse: for having urged men to labour with all their might, he now adds, by way of caution, that yet they must not be confident of thei...
WISDOM STILL TO BE SOUGHT...
I returned and saw under the sun, throughout the world, in all circumstances and conditions of men, THAT THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG, that is, by their own absolute deter...
"I AGAIN SAW UNDER THE SUN THAT THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT, AND THE BATTLE IS NOT TO THE WARRIORS, AND NEITHER IS BREAD TO THE WISE, NOR WEALTH TO THE DISCERNING, NOR FAVOR TO MEN OF ABILITY; FOR TI...
11,12 Men's success seldom equals their expectations. We must use means, but not trust to them: if we succeed, we must give God the praise; if crossed, we must submit to his will. Those who put off th...
I RETURNED, AND SAW: this may have some respect to the foregoing verse; for having pressed men to labour with all their might, he now adds, by way of caution, that yet they must not be confident of th...
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SAYINGS ABOUT THE WISE (ECCLESIASTES 9:11 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:12). His philosophy having come up with the fact that all a man has to look forward to is the life just described, the Preacher now recogni...
THINGS DO NOT ALWAYS GO AS WE EXPECT (ECCLESIASTES 9:11). His first lesson is that men do not necessarily succeed because of their advantages and their abilities, because in the end success is largel...
CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS, WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I. Life reigns in all the worlds, however powerful the hindrances to life at times may be. The real work of the world is not done by the swift or the strong, but by the multitudinous...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the business of life and using wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for dea...
Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
_I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong._ THE CLIENT OF THINGS NOT ALWAYS ANSWERABLE TO SECOND CAUSES There are some persons so slothful in...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:11 From the human perspective, many things appear to be the result of pure CHANCE. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:12. KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME.] He knows not the hour of his destruction, when he shall be suddenly snared and taken by death. This solemn crisis in man’s destiny is called...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 9:1 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper world. ECCLESIASTES 9:1 This continues the subject treated abo...
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23;...
But time — There are times or seasons, casual to men, but known by God, in which alone he will give men success....