“ What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? ”
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...
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? What profit hath he - What real good, what solid pleasure, is derived from all the labors of man? Necessity drives him to the principal...
What profit hath he that worketh, &c.— What remaineth to him that worketh from that upon which he bestoweth his labour? The consequence of the preceding proof is obvious. It is not in the pow...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? What profit hath he that worketh? But these earthly pursuits, while lawful in their season, are 'unprofitable' when made by man,...
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...
The Quest obstructed by Divine Ordinances. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 The time of birth, for instance, and the time of death, are ordained by a Power over which men have no control; they begin to be,...
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...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. (11) He hath made everything beautiful in h...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth ?] That is, he has none. This is an inference drawn from the above premises, and confirms what has been before observed, Ecclesiastes 1...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Ver. 9. What profit hath he that worketh? &c. ] i.e., How can any man, by any means he can use, help or hinder this volubili...
What profit hath he that worketh , &c. Seeing then all events are out of man's power, and no man can do or enjoy any thing at his pleasure, but only when God pleaseth, as has been shown in many...
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A...
Seeing then all actions and events in the world are out of man's power, and no man can at any time do or enjoy any thing at his pleasure, but only what and when God pleaseth, as hath been now shown i...
Musings On Man's Work ( Ecclesiastes 3:9-10 ). Ecclesiastes 3:9 ‘What profit has the workman in that in which he labours? We return here to the question of purposelessness. The workman who lab...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 3:11 . In His time.] This is the emphatic part of the sentence. The fitting time is one of the chief elements in the ways of Providence, which raises in us the thoug...
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...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Autumn musings Autumn is a time which has its meaning, as well as its appropriate duties. Its deep suggestiveness is written upon...
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...
Ecclesiastes 1:3 ; Ecclesiastes 2:11 ; Ecclesiastes 2:22 ; Ecclesiastes 2:23 ; Ecclesiastes 5:16 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Proverbs 14:23
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...
What profit — Seeing then all events are out of man's power, and no man can do or enjoy any thing at his pleasure, but only when God pleaseth, as has been shewed in many particulars, and is as true...