Ecclesiastes 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. ”

• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  But if a man shall live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of (g) darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity. (g) That is, of affliction and trou...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  man. Hebrew. 'adam (with Art.) App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 . and rejoice . let him rejoice.

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. If a man live many years - And even have prosp...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But if a man live many years— Yet, if a man was to live many years in a continual enjoyment of pleasure, and should remember that the days of darkness shall be many; all that is past is vanity.

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. But if a man live many years, (and) rejoic...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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.

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Days of darkness. — Psalms 88:12 ; Psalms 143:3 ; Job 10:21 . (Comp. also Psalms 56:13 ; Job 33:30 .)

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  But in a wise Use and a wise Enjoyment of the Present Life , Ecclesiastes 11:1-8 What that Good is, and where it may be found, the Preacher now proceeds to show. But, as his manner is, he does n...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: (8) But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they sha...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But if a man live many years ,.... Enjoying light and life, and beholding the sun with much delight and pleasure. The days of men on earth, or under the sun, are but few at most; but some live many...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity. Ver. 8. But if a man live many years and re...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Truly, the light is sweet It cannot be denied, that this present life is in itself a great blessing, and desirable; but it is not perpetual nor satisfactory: for, if a man live many years Which i...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Live many years; which is a privilege granted but to few persons comparatively. And rejoice in them all; and suppose he enjoy all the comforts, and escape all the embitterments, of human life, al...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter Ecclesiastes 11:1-8 Advice From The Wise Man To The Wise. Central to these verses is the recognition of our ignorance. We do not know what will happen when we do things, we do not know w...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Ecclesiastes 11:1 . Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Hoard not thy bread; for if thou dost, it will mildew, it will be of no use to thee. Cast it on the wat...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - 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...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Rejoicing with Trembling

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 32:29 ; Ecclesiastes 12:1-5 ; Ecclesiastes 3:12 ; Ecclesiastes 3:13 ; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 ; Ecclesiastes 6:6 ; Ecclesiastes 7:14 ; Ecclesiastes 8:12 ; Ecclesiastes 8:15 ; Jerem...

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• Ecclesiastes 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Rejoice — Enjoy all the comforts, and escape all the embitterments of human life, all his days. Darkness — Of death, or of the state of the dead. Many — Far more than the days of this short life. A...

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