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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:12. _FOR WHAT_ CAN _THE MAN_ DO _THAT COMETH
AFTER THE KING_?] I have examined every thing proposed by _science_,
by _maddening_ _pleasure_, and by more refined and regulated _mir...
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Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to
vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are
brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...
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CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES
_ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_
2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
Ecclesiastes 2:1. Here we find fir...
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ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS.
Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for
happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
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BEHOLD. consider.
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1....
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_I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly_ We enter on
yet another phase of the life of the seeker after happiness. He falls
back with a cynical despair, when mere pleasure left him a...
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_THE VANITY OF LIVING WISELY -- ECCLESIASTES 2:12-17:_ Solomon
reflected on what a common man could do to find true happiness when
he, with all his resources, had not been able to do so._ _ He could
o...
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2. Conclusions Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
a. Value of this wisdom and pleasure stop at the grave. Ecclesiastes
2:12-17
TEXT 2:12-17
12
So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly, for what will th...
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath
been already done.
I TURNED MYSELF TO BEHOLD (the same Hebrew...
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EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS
1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is
folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 2
THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11
V1 I spoke t...
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This verse presents some difficulties of translation which need not be
discussed here. The Authorised Version gives the following very good
sense: If the king has failed in his experiment, what likeli...
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וּ פָנִ֤יתִֽי אֲנִי֙ לִ רְאֹ֣ות
חָכְמָ֔ה וְ הֹולֵלֹ֖ות וְ סִכְל֑וּת
כִּ֣י ׀ מֶ֣ה הָ אָדָ֗ם...
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24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS
Ecclesiastes 2:1-17
At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a
splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and
sensuous nature. There...
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Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the
king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of
wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
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And I turned myself to behold (h) wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which
hath been already done.
(h) I thought to myself whether it...
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_What. Hebrew, "For what man shall come after the king?" Septuagint,
"after counsel?" Many other versions may be given of this obscure
text. Solomon stopt at human wisdom, without consulting the divin...
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what
can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been
already done. (13) Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, a...
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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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AND I TURNED MYSELF TO BEHOLD WISDOM, AND MADNESS, AND FOLLY,....
Being disappointed in his pursuit of pleasure, and not finding
satisfaction and happiness in that, he turns from it, and reassumes
his...
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_And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which
hath been already done._
Ver. 12. _For what can the man do tha...
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_And I turned myself_, &c. Being frustrated of my hopes in pleasure, I
returned to a second consideration of my first choice, to see whether
there was not more satisfaction to be gotten from wisdom, t...
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Solomon's own Example...
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EVEN THAT WHICH HATH BEEN ALREADY DONE:
Or, in those things which have been already done...
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"SO. TURNED TO CONSIDER WISDOM, MADNESS AND FOLLY, FOR WHAT WILL THE
MAN DO WHO WILL COME AFTER THE KING EXCEPT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
DONE?"WISDOM, MADNESS AND FOLLY" -What is the relative worth of wi...
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12-17 Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to
ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a
man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Chr...
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I TURNED MYSELF TO BEHOLD WISDOM, AND MADNESS, AND FOLLY; of which see
ECCLESIASTES 1:7. Being frustrated of my hopes in pleasure, I returned
to a second and more serious consideration of my first cho...
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Ecclesiastes 2:12 turned H6437 (H8804) consider H7200 (H8800) wisdom
H2451 madness H1947 folly H5531 man H120 succeeds H935 (H8799) H310
king H4428 already H3528 done H6213 (H8804)
I turned - Ecclesi...
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A RETURN TO PHILOSOPHY AND ITS HOPELESSNESS (ECCLESIASTES 2:12).
Ecclesiastes 2:12
‘And I turned my mind to observing wisdom and madness and folly. For
what can a man do who follows what a king has...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2
I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to
wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience,
not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
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CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and
satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
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Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus,
whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18.
Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy,
_it is mad._ Chal...
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_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._
THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE
Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter.
I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wr...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:12 The Preacher’s reign as
king surpassed all others. Anyone WHO COMES AFTER THE KING will at
best only be able to copy WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var image...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:12. WHAT CAN THE MAN DO THAT COMETH AFTER THE KING?]
What will my successor do? He will probably, like the rest of the
world, follow the well-worn path of sin and foll...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._
ECCLESIASTES 2:1
Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth
embarks on a course of sensua...
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So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with
[pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this
was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
So we read in the New Testament the e...
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Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 2:25...
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VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 2:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on
Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...
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I turned — Being frustrated of my hopes in pleasure, I returned to a
second consideration of my first choice, to see whether there was not
more satisfaction to be gotten from wisdom, than I discovered...