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 knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. Ecclésiaste 9:1 - Ecclésiaste 9:18 .- Tentation à l'incrédulité, comme cela arrive au bien et... [ Continuer la lecture ]
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. TOUTES LES CHOSES... [ Continuer la lecture ]
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. C'EST UN MAL PARMI TOUTES CHOSES ... Non seulement "il y a un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. POUR LUI QUI EST JOINT À TOUS LES VIVANTS. Ainsi le Keri, quelques manuscrits de Kennicott et Rossius; et Septante, Chaldaïque, Syriaque et Vulgate lisent [ yªchubar (H2266)]. Mais le Kethibh... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. POUR LES VIVANTS, SACHEZ - et peuvent ainsi être conduits "à compter leurs jours afin qu'ils appliquent leur cœur à la sagesse" (Ecclésiaste 7:1 - E... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. LEUR AMOUR ... LA HAINE ... L'ENVIE, A MAINTENANT PÉRI - en référence à Ecclésiaste 9:1, où voir la note. Non pas que ceux-ci cessent absolume... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. MANGE TON PAIN AVEC JOIE. Ici, la voix de l'Esprit réfute la voix de la chair. Adressé aux "justes sages" dont il est question dans Ecclésiaste 9:1. ACCEPTE MAINTENANT TES OEUVRES Etre "d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. QUE TES VÊTEMENTS SOIENT TOUJOURS BLANCS - en signe de joie (Ésaïe 61:3). Salomon était vêtu d'acite (Josèphe «Antiquités» 8: 7, 3); par conséquent, sa tenue est comparée aux "lis" (Matthieu 6:29), typiques de la justice sans ta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. VIVEZ JOYEUSEMENT (LITTÉRALEMENT, VOYEZ OU APPRÉCIEZ LA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. QUE CE SOIT (à savoir, au service de Dieu) TA MAIN TROUVE À FAIRE. Ces qualités Ecclésiaste 9:7 - Ecclésiaste 9:9. Les jouissances terrestres do... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. LA COURSE (N'EST) PAS AUX VÉLOCES (car ils peuvent... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. NE CONNAÎT PAS SON ÉPOQUE - à savoir, de la mort (Ésaïe 13:22). D'où le danger de reta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: J'AI VU CETTE SAGESSE - J'ai vu la sagesse exposée de la manière décrite dans ce qui suit. CELA (M'A SEMBLÉ) FORMIDABLE - dans la mesure où il suffisait de délivrer une petite ville avec peu d'hommes du "grand roi" qui "cons... [ Continuer la lecture ]
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: UNE PETITE VILLE ... Donc Abel, que la sagesse d'une femme sauvée de la destruction par Joab, qui a jeté une banque contre elle, quand le rebelle Saba éta... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. LA SAGESSE VAUT MIEUX QUE LA FORCE - reprenant le sentiment dans Ecclésiaste 7:19. LA SAGESSE DU PAUVRE EST MÉPRISÉE, ET SES PAROLES NE SONT PAS ENTENDUES - en permanence:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. LES PAROLES DES SAGES (LES HOMMES SONT) ENTENDUS TRANQUILLEMENT. Le Seigneur Jésus n'a donc "pas pleuré, ni élevé, ni fait entendre sa voix. la rue "(Ésaïe 42:2). Contrairement aux monarques du monde, qui f... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. UN PÉCHEUR ... - comme Achan (Josué 7:1; Josué 7:11 - Josué 7:12). Bien que la sagesse excelle la folie et renforce plus que les armes de guerre (Ecclésiaste 9:16; Ecclésiaste 7:19), un peu la folie (équivalente au péché)... [ Continuer la lecture ]