2 Samuel 15:6
These verses set forth the vanity of earthly prosperity even on a throne. Opinion as to their application is chiefly divided between considering th...
I considered all the living who walk under the sun, (k) with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. (k) Who follow and flatter the king'...
Ecclesiastes 4. A Gloomy Survey. The chapter falls into four parts, which treat respectively of oppression ( Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 ), rivalry ( Eccles...
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. With the second child that shall stand...
I considered all the living— I saw all the living eager to walk under the sun, with the second son who should succeed him. —Ver. 16. No end of al...
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. I considered all the living - a...
Vicissitudes of Life. 'Oh, the pity of it!' 1-3. The mass of human suffering and the absence of pity are such that better off are the dead and sti...
A man may rise from the lowest to the highest station by wisdom; yet even so there is no permanence.
With the second, etc.] RV 'that they were with the youth, the second, that stood,' etc.
I considered. — Heb., I saw. Most modern interpreters regard the “second child” as identical with the “young man” of Ecclesiastes 4:13 , and u...
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...
And by Human Injustice and Perversity. Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 ; Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our la...
Yet these are capable of a nobler Motive and Mode. Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 Now a jealous rivalry culminating in mere avarice, -that surely is not t...
From this general survey the preacher returned to examine the condition of the beings whom he had described as being no better than the beasts. He lo...
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. (16) There is no end of all the people,...
I considered all the living which walk under the sun ,.... All men that were then alive, who were capable of walking upon the earth; even all of the...
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. Ver. 15. I considered all the living...
I considered all the living The general disposition of common people in all kingdoms, that they are fickle and inconstant, weary of their old gover...
The Advantages of Society. 13 Better is a poor and a wise child tha...
I considered all the living; the general disposition or humour of common people in all kingdoms, that they are fickle and inconstant, weary of thei...
Chapter 4 The Dreadfulness of Oppression. Guidance on Living. This chapter begins with considering the dreadfulness of oppression and then continu...
The Young Men And The Foolish King. We are now provided with a further example of folly, the folly of seeking a position of power and authority wh...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 4:13 . Better is a poor and a wise child.] Not in the moral point of view, but happier—better off. Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes 3:1-5 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws...
Ecclesiastes 4:2 . Wherefore I praised the dead more than the living, who are robbed, fleeced, and exposed to incessant afflictions, from oppressi...
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. On the advantages of Christian knowledge to the l...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 4:1-21 Section 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of man ' s inability to be the architect of his...
Evils of Social and Civil Life
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, observing the great number of adherents which the poor person elevated to power in the country...
I considered — The general disposition of common people, in all kingdoms, that they are fickle and inconstant. With the second child — This may be...
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.