Ecclesiastes 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

an evil. The Preposition (= B) in bebol, gives the force of the superlative: i.e. the greatest or worst calamity of all, &c.

evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a' App-44.

under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3.

madness. Plural as elsewhere. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:17.

they go. Omit these words and note the Figure of speech Aposiopesis (App-6), "and after that to the dead! "See the following note.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

3 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, and after that they go to the dead.