Ecclesiastes 9:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. ”

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1-12 . After the description Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 of the portionless condition of t...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now (d) accepteth thy works. (d) They flatter themselves to be in God's favour, because they have all things in abu...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy - Do not vex and perplex yourselves with the dispensatio...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Eat thy bread with joy. Here the voice of the Spirit rebuts the voice of the flesh....
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now. — Rather, long ago.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. There is a great beauty in this verse; if explained upon gospel principles. If a soul be a...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Go thy way ,.... Thou righteous man, as Jarchi paraphrases it; and indeed epicures and voluptuous persons have no need of the following exhortation, and the reason annexed is not suitable to them; b...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Ver. 7. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy. ] Vade, iuste, go thy way, thou righteous...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go thy way Make this use of what I have said. Eat thy bread Thy necessary and convenient food; with joy , &c. Cheerfully enjoy thy comforts, avoiding all distracting care and grief for the o...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Go thy way, make this use of what I have said, eat thy bread; thine own, the fruit of thy own labours, not what thou takest unjustly from others. Bread ; necessary and convenient food; by which...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 9:8 . Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment] No literal observance of these circumstances of external appearance is intended; but rathe...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - 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 9:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now aceepteth thy works. Festival joy This is one of those passages, so remarkable in the writings of Solomon,...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - 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 9:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Human Destiny
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:1-3 ; 1 Chronicles 29:21-23 ; 1 Kings 8:66 ; 2 Chronicles 30:23-27 ; Acts 10:35 ; Deuteronomy 12:12 ; Deuteronomy 12:7 ; Deuteronomy 16:14 ; Deuteronomy 16:15 ; Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go — Make this use of what I have said. Eat — Chearfully and thankfully enjoy thy comforts. Accepteth — Allows thee a comfortable enjoyment of his blessings.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes