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Verse Ecclesiastes 2:5. _I MADE ME GARDENS AND ORCHARDS_] פרדסים
_pardesim_, "paradises." I doubt much whether this be an original
_Hebrew_ word. [Arabic] _ferdoos_, is found in the _Persian_ and
_Ara...
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ORCHARDS - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or
pleasure-grounds (compare Nehemiah 2:8 note). Indications of at least
three of these have been pointed out; one at Jerusalem near the pool
of Siloam,...
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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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ORCHARDS. Hebrew. _pardesim_. paradises, parks, or pleasure grounds.
Different from "gardens", which were cultivated (Deuteronomy 11:10; 1
Kings 21:2). Paradises were formed by eastern monarchs. In th...
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_I made me gardens and orchards_ The latter word, originally Persian,
and found only in the O. T. in this book, in Song Song of Solomon
4:13, and Nehemiah 2:8, is the "paradise" of Xenophon, of later...
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_THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through
the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned
within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...
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c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
TEXT 2:1-11
1
I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy
yourself. And behold, it too was fut...
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I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under...
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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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ORCHARDS. — Rather, _parks._ The word, which occurs also in Song of
Solomon 4:3; Nehemiah 2:8, is originally Persian, and passed into the
Greek and into modern languages in the form of “paradise” (Luk...
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עָשִׂ֣יתִי לִ֔י גַּנֹּ֖ות וּ
פַרְדֵּסִ֑ים וְ נָטַ֥עְתִּי בָהֶ֖ם
עֵ֥ץ כָּל ־פֶּֽרִי׃...
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FIRST SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure
Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:1
OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man
lives amid the play of p...
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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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_Orchards. Hebrew, "paradises," in which fruit-trees were planted.
(Calmet)_...
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said
of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
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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 MADE ME GARDENS AND ORCHARDS,.... Of the king's garden, we read
Jeremiah 39:4. Adrichomius b makes mention of a royal garden in the
suburbs of Jerusalem, fenced with walls; and was a paradise of fru...
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_I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all
[kind of] fruits:_
Ver. 5. _I made me gardens._] So called, because guarded and enclosed
with a wall, Son 4:12 like as we call garm...
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_I made me great works_ Magnificent works, for my honour and delight.
_I builded me houses_ Of which see 1 Kings 7:1, &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song
of Solomon 8:11. _I made me gardens_ Hebrew, _paradises_, or...
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Solomon's own Example...
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"I MADE GARDENS AND PARKS FOR MYSELF, AND. PLANTED IN THEM ALL KINDS
OF FRUIT TREES;...
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1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does
noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices
of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...
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I MADE ME GARDENS, Heb. _paradises_, or gardens of pleasure. I PLANTED
TREES IN THEM OF ALL KIND OF FRUITS, mixing pleasure and profit
together....
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Ecclesiastes 2:5 made H6213 (H8804) gardens H1593 orchards H6508
planted H5193 (H8804) fruit H6529 trees H6086
me - Song of Solomon 4:12-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon
6:2; Jeremiah 39:4...
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CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE.
Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1).
Ecclesiastes 2:1
‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment.
Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning
not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral
experiment.
ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR T...
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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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Genesis 2:8; Genesis 2:9; Jeremiah 39:4; Luke 17:27; Song of Solomon
4:12; Song of Solomon 5:1; Song of Solomon 6:2...