ointment. perfume.
Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1-12 . After the description Ecc...
Let thy garments be always (e) white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (e) Rejoice, be merry and spare for no cost, thus speak the wicked belly-go...
Ecclesiastes 8:16 to Ecclesiastes 9:16 . Life's Riddle Baffles the Wisest Quest. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16 b describes the ceasel...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Let thy garments be always white - The Jews wore white garments on festal occasi...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Let thy garments be always white - in token of joy ( Isaiah 61:3 ). Solo...
Live Worthily While You May 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die.
White ] as symbolical of cheerfulness ( 2 Chronicles 5:12 ), and perhaps here, as later (e.g. Revelation 3:4 .), of purity. White was constantly wo...
2 Samuel 12:20 ; 2 Samuel 14:2 ; Psalms 45:8 ; Psalms 104:14 ; Revelation 7:9 .
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 defin...
Nor in Pleasure: Ecclesiastes 9:7-12 Imagine, then, a Jew brought to the bitter pass which Coheleth has described. He has acquainted himself wi...
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 livi...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (9) Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy...
Let thy garments be always white ,.... That is, neat and clean, not vile and sordid; what is comely and decent, and suitable to a man's circumstance...
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Ver. 8. Let thy garments be always white; ] i.e., Neat, spruce, cleanly,...
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,...
The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him...
Always; in all convenient times and circumstances; for there are times of mourning, Ecclesiastes 3:4 , Ecclesiastes 7:2 : compare Proverbs 5:...
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...
The Righteous Must Therefore Find Joy In Their Present Life For There Is None Beyond The Grave ( Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 ). The Preacher is still cons...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 9:8 . Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment] No literal observance of these circumsta...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:7-8 I. This is one of those passages, so remarkable in the writings of Solomon, in which the words of sinful men in the world are t...
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,...
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 p...
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 w...
Concerning Human Destiny
Let thy garments be always white, in token of joy; and let thy head lack no ointment, for its absence would have been considered a sign of grief.
2 Samuel 14:2 ; 2 Samuel 19:24 ; Amos 6:6 ; Daniel 10:3 ; Esther 8:15 ; Luke 7:46 ; Matthew 6:17 ; Revelation 16:15 ; Revelation 19:14 ; Re...
White — The eastern people of the best sort, used white garments, especially in times of rejoicing. Ointment — Which upon joyful occasions was pour...
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.