Ecclesiastes 1:10; Ecclesiastes 1:9
Rather, What has been - what was before, and what shall be has been before. The word “is” in our the King James Version is erroneously printed in R...
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God (f) requireth that which is past. (f) God only causes what which is...
From one point of view this section may be entitled In Praise of Opportunism, from another Human Helplessness. Every action in which man can enga...
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. That which hath been is now - God gover...
That which hath been, is now, &c.— The second observation which serves also for a transition to the consequences to be inferred from the whole,...
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. That which hath been is now. Th...
The Practical Ideal. Acceptance of the Universal Scheme 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solve...
Requireth] RV 'seeketh again,' bringeth back in an unchanging sequence: cp. Ecclesiastes 1:9 .
Is now. — Rather, was long ago. Requireth. — Seeketh again : i.e., recalleth the past. The writer has not been speaking of the bringing the...
The Quest obstructed by Divine Ordinances. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 The time of birth, for instance, and the time of death, are ordained by a Power...
SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good i...
The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able t...
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised...
That which hath seen is now; and that which is to be hath already been ,.... That which has been from the beginning now is; that which cometh, and w...
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. Ver. 15. That which hath been is now...
That which hath been is now Things past, present, and to come, are all ordered by one constant counsel, in all parts and ages of the world. There i...
Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful...
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; things past, present, and to come, are all of the same nature, and all orde...
God has Given Man a Conception of Everlastingness. Here he provides something extra to what God has given men to do. While man has to work so hard...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 3:12 . For who knoweth the Spirit of man that goeth upward.] Man has no distinct and certain knowledge of his own f...
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-3 Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportuni...
Ecclesiastes 3:15 I. God requireth the past throughout the universe. What are our sciences but memories of the past? Astronomy is the memory of th...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9 ., divides the times into twelve sig...
That which hath been is now. The impotency of time; or, the eternally permanent amidst the constantly fluctuating “Impotency of time!” Why, tim...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 3:1-21 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds...
The Nature of Human Happiness
That which hath been is now, it was established by God's creative act; and that which is to I, hath already been, in agreement with God's plans bef...
Hath been — Things past, present, and to come, are all ordered by one constant counsel, in all parts and ages of the world. There is a continual re...
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.b