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Verse Ecclesiastes 5:6. _NEITHER SAY THOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, THAT IT_
WAS _AN_ _ERROR_] Nor think of saying "before the cruel angel, who
shall exercise authority over thee in the judgment of the great...
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SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH ... - i. e., Do not make rash vows which may
hereafter be the cause of evasion and prevarication, and remain
unfulfilled.
BEFORE THE ANGEL - The Septuagint and some other version...
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3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_
2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
3. The vanities of wealth (Ecclesiastes 5:10)
4. T...
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REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those
who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear)
must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...
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TO CAUSE, &C. : by vows made concerning the flesh, such as eating and
drinking, marrying, &c.
ANGEL. messenger. Compare Malachi 2:7.
ERROR. Hebrew. _shagag._ App-44.
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech...
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_Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin_ The "mouth" may refer
either to the thoughtless utterance of the rash vow, such as that of
Jephthah (Judges 11:30) or Saul (1 Samuel 14:24), or to the...
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SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN, &C.— _Let not thy
mouth weakly excuse thee to no purpose, and do not say before the
messenger_ [who is sent to require from thee what thou hast vowed] _...
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D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9
1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a
TEXT 5:1a
Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God,
THOUGHT...
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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou
before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry
at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
SUFFER NOT...
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5:6 angel, (d-16) Or 'messenger.'...
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DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE
1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the
earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to
religious matters. H e points out the irrev...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 5
BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7
V1 Be careful when you go to God’...
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THE ANGEL. — It has been proposed to translate this word the
“messenger,” or ambassador of God, and understand “the priest”
(see Malachi 2:7); and it has been regarded as one of the notes of
later dat...
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_[Ecclesiastes 5:5]_ אַל ־תִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת
־פִּ֨יךָ֙ לַ חֲטִ֣יא אֶת ־בְּשָׂרֶ֔ךָ
וְ אַל ־תֹּאמַר֙ לִ...
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SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN;
Ecclesiastes 5:1
The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the
intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...
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The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In
this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there
is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...
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Allow not thy mouth to cause thy (d) flesh to sin; neither say thou
before the (e) angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry
at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
(d) Do not c...
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_Number. Those who observe dreams, are filled with apprehension. The
Jews were very subject to this superstition. (Calmet) --- As dreams
are vain, so are many words or excuses to evade a vow. (Junius;...
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's
voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay...
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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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SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN,.... That is, himself,
who is corrupt and depraved; either by making a rash vow, which it is
not in his power to keep; or such is the corruption of his n...
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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou
before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be
angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ver. 6. _Su...
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_Suffer not thy mouth_ By any rash vow, or in any other way; _to cause
thy flesh to sin_ That is, thyself: the word _flesh_ being often put
for the whole man; _neither say thou before the angel_ That...
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PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...
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"DO NOT LET YOUR SPEECH CAUSE YOU TO SIN AND DO NOT SAY IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD THAT IT WAS. MISTAKE. WHY SHOULD GOD
BE ANGRY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR VOICE AND DESTROY THE WORK OF YOUR
HAND...
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4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to
cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest,
and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it would...
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SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH, by uttering any rash or foolish vow. THY FLESH,
i. e. thyself, the word flesh being oft put for the whole man, as
GENESIS 6:12 ISAIAH 40:5 ROMANS 3:20, &c. And it seems to have s...
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Ecclesiastes 5:6 let H5414 (H8799) mouth H6310 flesh H1320 sin H2398
(H8687) say H559 (H8799) before H6440 messenger H4397 error H7684 God
H430 angry H7107 (H8799) excuse H6963 destroy H2254 (H8765) w...
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CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD
LIFE.
The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's
musi...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is
essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had
formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...
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CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation
attending the possession of wealth.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...
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Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not
hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...
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_Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._
REVERENCE AND FIDELITY
This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and
insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and
Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is
motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on
Ecclesias...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 5:6. BEFORE THE ANGEL] The representative of God in the
Temple, _i.e_., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as
expressing the early belief of mankind that angels a...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 5:1
Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure
happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_
Religious exercises need the observ...
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Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider
the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
When you go into the...
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1 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 John 1:8;
Acts 7:30; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Genesis 48:16; Haggai
1:9;...
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Thy mouth — By any rash vow. Thy flesh — Thyself, the word flesh
being often put for the whole man. The angel — The priest or
ministers of holy things. Such persons are often called angels, or, as
thi...