secret. hidden.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage serves...
Epilogue. Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wr...
DISCOURSE: 847 THE SUM OF ALL TRUE RELIGION Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 . Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear God, and keep his comma...
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. For God shall bring every work...
Let us hear the conclusion, &c.— Let us hear the conclusion of the whole discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the busin...
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. A summary of the secon...
In Life Remember Death and Judgment 1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind and body are failing, it will be too late...
Considering that the book is filled with complaints of the imperfection of earthly retribution, this announcement of a tribunal, at which “ every wo...
THE EPILOGUE In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Conclusively Solved Ecclesiastes 12:8-14 "STUDENTS," says the Talmud, "are of four kinds; the...
“The End of the Matter” Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful. The inference is obvious that...
The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the sermon. It...
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall bring ever...
REFLECTIONS READER! may we not, after the perusal of this Chapter, and indeed from the whole of the Preacher's sermon, as contained in this book of...
For God shall bring every work into judgment ,.... Not in this life, but in the day of the great judgment, as the Targum explains it; that is, whate...
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil. Ver. 14. For God shall bring...
Let us hear the conclusion , &c. The sum of all that hath been said or written by wise men. Fear God Which is put here for all the inward wors...
The Conclusion of the Whole. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the who...
For God shall bring every work into judgment: this is added either, 1. As a reason of what he last said, this is the whole of man, because all...
Conclusion ( Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 ). Having given his final verdict on his musings the writer changes into the third person. This was in order to...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 12:12 . My Son.] An expression appropriate to the master of wisdom when addressing his pupils; equivalent to “my sc...
Ecclesiastes 12:8-14 I. Koheleth has achieved the quest. He has solved the problem and given us his solution of it. He is about to repeat that sol...
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 I. Among the causes of a sceptical spirit I may assign the first place to that natural reaction against authority which resu...
Ecclesiastes 12:14 I. These words show, not only that each of us will be judged, but that each of us will be judged for each action of his life; n...
Ecclesiastes 12:1 . Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth: Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice, «Rejoice, O y...
Ecclesiastes 12:1 . Remember now thy Creator. Hebrews בוראיךְ Boreicha, thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים Elohim, Genesis 1:1 , desi...
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil The great day of judgment I. P...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 12:1 The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 o...
The Conclusion of the Book
For God shall bring every work into Judgment, everything being revealed before Him on the Last Day, with every secret thing, which men foolishly an...
1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 2 Corinthians 5:10 ; Acts 17:30 ; Acts 17:31 ; Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; John 5:29 ; Luke 12:1 ; Luke 12:2 ; Matthew 12:36 ;...
The Religion under the Sun Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are many...
For — All men must give an account to God of all their works, and this alone will enable them to do that with joy. Every secret — Not only outward...
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.