"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 chance happeneth to them all."
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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_, th...
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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...
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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 9:1. Here is another conclusion. The righteo...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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I RETURNED, AND SAW UNDER THE SUN— _I considered again, and I
observed under the sun._...
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5. Work with the awareness that God will control the final outcome.
Ecclesiastes 9:11-12
TEXT 9:11-12
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I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, and the
battle is not to the wa...
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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...
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LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY
1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
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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
V1 So I thought about all th...
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Romans 9:16.
CHANCE. — Elsewhere only in 1 Kings 5:4....
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שַׁ֜בְתִּי וְ רָאֹ֣ה תַֽחַת ־הַ
שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֣י לֹא֩ לַ † קַּלִּ֨ים
הַ מֵּרֹ֜וץ וְ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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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Ecclesiastes 9:11 returned H7725 (H8804) saw H7200 (H8800) sun H8121
race H4793 swift H7031 battle H4421 strong H1368 bread H3899 wise
H2450 riches H6239 understanding H995 (H8737) favor H2580 skill H...
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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...
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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, a...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:11 From the human perspective,
many things appear to be the result of pure CHANCE.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel
2:18; Amos 2:14; Daniel 4:35; Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 2:14;...
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But time — There are times or seasons, casual to men, but known by
God, in which alone he will give men success....