Ecclesiastes 11:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore remove sorrowc from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. ”

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The preceding exhortation to a life of labor in the sight of God is now addressed especially to the active and the young; and is enforced by another consideration, namely, the transitory character...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore remove (i) sorrow from thy heart, and (k) put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity. (i) That is, anger and envy. (k) Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is give...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:1 to Ecclesiastes 12:8 . Closing Counsels. It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and Ecclesi...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil . sadness. youth . dawn of life. Hebrew. shaharuth. Occurs only here
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. Therefore remove sorrow - כעס caas, anger; every kind of violent passion, all filthines...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore remove sorrow— And remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away pain from thy flesh; because this youth, nay, this dawn of light, is but a vapour; Desvoeux: who puts a semicolon only at t...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. Sorrow - i:e., the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to "rejoice," and "heart c...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Life After All is Worth Living 1-3. Fulfil the duty of beneficence, knowing that results are in the hands of God.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sorrow. — See Note on Ecclesiastes 7:3 . Youth. — The word occurs not elsewhere in the Old Testament; but nearly the same word is used of black hair in Leviticus 13:37 ; Song of Solomon 5:11...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Live not for Today Alone Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 The casting of bread upon the waters is an allusion to the oriental custom of casting rice-grains on the fields, when they lie submerged beneath th...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The method of worldly wisdom is not that of discretion only; it is, moreover, that of diligence, and this passage urges such diligence. Again, we have taken more than one text out of this passage to...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these thing...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart ,.... Worldly sorrow, as opposed to lawful mirth and cheerfulness, and especially to spiritual joy: or "anger" z, as the word may be rendered, and often is; ei...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity. Ver. 10. Therefore remove sorrow from thine heart. ] One would have thought that h...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore remove sorrow Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls sorrow , to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify men's senses, yet they will shortly bring them...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Caution to the Young; Exhortation to Early Piety. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sorrow, i.e. sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly and emphatically calls sorrow, with respect to the foregoing words, to intimate, that although such practices do at present gratify and...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s Ecclesiastes 11:9 to Ecclesiastes 12:14 The Venturing Of The Young, The Trials Of The Old and Man's Final Destiny. As we come to the end of the writer's musings we are rewarded with...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 11:7 . Truly the light is sweet.] Light as the symbol of life. ( Psalms 36:9 , Job 3:20 .) Ecclesiastes 11:8 . Yet let him remember the days of darkness; for th...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:6 . In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike goo...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 11:1 . Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. The root לחם lechem, designates bread, corn, and all kinds of meat which sustain life. It refers also...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth. Joy and judgment Our translators have slipped in a “but” where there ought to be an “and,” and have thus made the Preacher set the joy of youth and the judgm...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Approaching the end of his treatise, Koheleth, in view of apparent anomalies in God's moral government, and the difficulties that meet man in his social and political relations, proce...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rejoicing with Trembling
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 7:1 ; 2 Peter 3:11-14 ; 2 Timothy 2:22 ; Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:1 ; Job 13:26 ; Job 20:11 ; Proverbs 22:15 ; Psalms 25:7 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Psal...
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sorrow — Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls sorrow, to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify mens senses, yet they will shortly bring them to intolerable sor...

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes