Ecclesiastes 12

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:7

It. Man is composed of two distinct parts; the destination of which we ought never to forget. Thus the objection of infidels (chap. iii. 19.) is refuted. Plato and some of the ancients had the same idea of the soul's spiritual nature; though some took it to be an aerial body. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:8

Ecclesiastes. "The preacher." (Worthington) --- He returns to his first proposition, and having pushed the objection of free-thinkers as far as possible, shews us what we ought to believe and practise. He establishes the distinction of soul and body, the advantage of instruction, (ver. 11.) without meddling with things too high, (ver. 12.) the obligation of fearing God, (ver. 13.) and future retribution, ver. 14. This is the sum of all sound morality. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:10

CHAPTER XII. Profitable. Hebrew, "pleasing." Utile dulci. (Haydock) --- Perhaps he condemns his attempt to know all things, chap. i. 13. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:11

In. The ground, (Haydock) to keep a tent in its proper place. He seemed before to have placed the wise on the same level with fools, chap. vi. 8, 11., and vii. 1. (Calmet) --- Shepherd. God, or Solomon. The Jews explain it of Moses, and his successors, who taught the people. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:12

Not. I have had experience of all. --- End. They can teach nothing farther. (Calmet) --- -----Tenet insanabile multos Scribendi cacoethes.---- (Juvenal, Sat. vii.) --- Impious productions abound, while those which promote piety are too scarce. When the same truths are enforced, as those which the Scriptures contain, we cannot be accused of writing many books. (Origen, Philoc. v.) (St. Jerome) --- Flesh. It ruins the health. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13

All man. The whole business and duty of man. (Challoner) --- This is the sum of all profitable doctrine. (Worthington) --- He who does not fear God, deserves not the title of man. He is nothing but vanity. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:14

Error. Or hidden and secret things. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "with every secret thing," (Protestants; Haydock) "every inadvertency." (Septuagint; Symmachus) (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12

* A description of the infirmities of age. (1-7) All is vanity: also a warning of the judgment to come. (8-14) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early, while the body is strong, and the spirits active. When a man has the pain of reviewing a misspent life, his not having given up sin and worldly vanities till he is forced to say, I have no pleasure in them, renders his sincerity very questionable. Then follows a figurative description of old age... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:8-14

8-14 Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY. These are the words of one that could speak by dear-bought experience of the vanity of the world, which can do nothing to ease men of the burden of sin. As he considered the worth of souls, he gave good heed to what he spake and wrote; words of truth will always be acceptable words. The truths of God are as goads to such as are dull and draw back, and nails to such as are wandering and draw aside; means to establish the heart,... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:7

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:8

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:10

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:11

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:12

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:14

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:8-14

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