“ A time to get,a and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; ”
Get ... lose - Rather, seek, and a time to give up for lost.
From one point of view this section may be entitled In Praise of Opportunism, from another Human Helplessness. Every action in which man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure th...
to get . to buy, or acquire (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:8 ). Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 42:7 ; Genesis 42:20 . Rth 4:5. 2 Samuel 24:21 . Isaiah 55:1 . Jeremiah 32:7 ; Ephesians 4:28 . to lose. Gen...
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to get, - to lose, - to keep, - to cast away - - "Commerce produces wealth, Whilst time of gaining lasts; from e...
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to get - e.g., to gain honestly a livelihood ( Ephesians 4:28 ); Hebrew, seek. Lose - when God wills loss...
The Practical Ideal. Acceptance of the Universal Scheme 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, ar...
To lose. — Elsewhere this word means to destroy, but in the later Hebrew it comes to mean to lose, like the Latin “perdere.”
And the Conviction that it is opposed to the Will of God as expressed in the Ordinances of his Providence , Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 This is one help to a wise content with our lot; but he has many mo...
The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of tha...
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; (3) A time to k...
A time to get, and a time to lose ,.... To get substance, as the Targum, and to lose it; wealth and riches, honour and glory, wisdom and knowledge: or, "to seek, and to lose" i; a time when the shee...
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; Ver. 6. A time to get. ] Heb., To seek; for men do but seek here, they do not properly get what they cannot long hold. H...
A time to die And as there is a time to die , so there is a time to rise again, a set time, when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered. A time to kill When men die a violent death. A t...
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A...
A time to lose; when men shall lose their estates, either by God's providence, or by their own choice. A time to cast away; when a man shall cast away his goods voluntarily, as in a storm to save...
There is a Time for Everything In Its Place ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ). Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ‘To everything there is a fixed season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 3:1 . Season-time.] Season signifies a certain period or term; time denotes a division of time in general. Ecclesiastes 3:2 . A time to plant, &c. ] Used in...
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him. "He hath made everything beautiful in its...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9 ., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the hus...
To everything there is a season. Times and seasons in the Church The principle which Solomon asserts, and which is of extreme importance in all matters connected with our practical life in this...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 3:1-21 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how Providence arranges even the minutes...
The Dependence of Man Upon the Course of NatuRev. 1. To everything, all that men undertake or do on earth, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, under the government a...
2 Kings 5:26 ; 2 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Kings 8:9 ; Acts 27:19 ; Acts 27:38 ; Deuteronomy 8:17 ; Deuteronomy 8:18 ; Ecclesiastes 11:1 ; Exodus 12:35 ; Exodus 12:36 ; Genesis 30:30-43 ; Genesis 31...
What Is Good in This Life Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 ; Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in Chapter s 6 an...
To life — When men lose their estates, either by God's providence, or by their own choice. To cast away — When a man casts away his goods voluntarily, as in a storm, to save his life, or out of lov...