Ecclesiastes 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. ”

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For to him - Rather: “Yet to him.” Notwithstanding evils, life has its advantage, and especially when compared with death. Dog - To the Hebrews a type of all that was contemptible 1 Samuel 1...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a (c) living dog is better than a dead lion. (c) He notes the Epicurean and carnal men, who made their body their god, and had no pleas...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For to him that is joined. Connect this with the end of preceding verse and render "For who is excepted? To all the living", &c. hope . confidence. Hebrew. bittahon (from batah) . App-69....
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope - While a man lives he hopes to amend...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living, there is hope— And surely, whoever is in society, with all the living, hath hope. For a living dog hath a better chance than a dead lion. The last sen...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For to him that is joined to all the living. So the Keri, some manuscripts of Kennicott...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Live Worthily While You May 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There is a various reading here in the Hebrew. Our translators, following the older translators, adopt the reading of the margin. That of the text gives, instead of “joined,” a word signifying “chose...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - 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 Presen...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope ,.... That is, who is among the living, is one of them, and, as long as he is, there is hope, if his circumstances are mean, and he is poor...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Ver. 4. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope. ] These are the words of...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For to him that is joined to all the living That continues with living men; there is hope He hath not only some comfort for the present, but also hopes of further and greater happiness in this wo...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: f...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That is joined to all the living; that continueth in the land and society of living men. Or, according to the reading of the Hebrew text, that is chosen or allotted to life, whom God hath appoint...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 9:2 . One event.] An equal chance or happening—the wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2:14-15 , and Ecclesiastes 3:19 ). Chance, in this...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

A living dog is better than a dead lion. Sinners, living and dead I. Some sinners are more contemptible than others. There is as much difference between some and others as there is between the...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Human Destiny
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 38:18 ; Job 14:7-12 ; Job 27:8 ; Lamentations 3:21 ; Lamentations 3:22 ; Luke 16:26-29
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joined — That continues with living men. Hope — He hath not only some comfort for the present, but also hopes of further happiness in this world. Better — Much happier as to the comforts of this wo...

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes