“ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: ”
Or, Also this have I seen - wisdom under the sun, and great it seemed to me. From this verse to the end of Ecclesiastes 10 , the writer inculcates, in a series of proverbs, wisdom in contrast to...
Ecclesiastes 8:16 to Ecclesiastes 9:16 . Life's Riddle Baffles the Wisest Quest. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16 b describes the ceaseless effort of the keen student of life, or perhaps...
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: This wisdom have I seen - I have seen wisdom exhibited in the way described in what follows. It (seemed) great unto...
Live Worthily While You May 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die.
The Chief Good not to be found in Wisdom : Ecclesiastes 8:16-17 ; Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his...
In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
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 ski...
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun ,.... Or, "this also I have seen under the sun, even wisdom" h: besides those things he had, just now observed, he took notice that there was such a thing...
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me: Ver. 13. This wisdom also have I seen, ] i.e., This fruit and effect of wisdom have I observed, that through the iniqu...
This wisdom have I seen I have observed this among many other instances and effects of wisdom. Which he adds for the commendation of wisdom, notwithstanding its insufficiency for man's safety and h...
The Advantages of Wisdom. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was...
This wisdom have I seen; I have observed this among many other instances and effects of wisdom; which he seems to add for the commendation of wisdom, notwithstanding its insufficiency for man's saf...
Chapter 9 The Same Things Happen to All Whether They Be Righteous, Wise Or Sons of Men. And In The End All Die In The Same Way. So Let The Righteous Live Life As They May And Enjoy It For God Has Ac...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 9:13 . This wisdom.] The special instance of the power of wisdom related in the next verse. Ecclesiastes 9:14 . Few men within it.] Not a city with a scanty pop...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory policy of life. "The work of God," or...
Ecclesiastes 9:5 . The dead know not any thing. This is explained by the next phrase, the memory of them is forgotten. Elijah went up to heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 9:1-21 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper world. Ecclesiastes 9:1 This continues the su...
Wisdom Still to be Sought
Ecclesiastes 6:1 ; Ecclesiastes 7:15 ; Ecclesiastes 8:16 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11
This wisdom — I have observed this among many other instances of wisdom. Which he adds for the commendation of wisdom, notwithstanding its insufficiency for man's happiness without God's blessing.