Ecclesiastes 12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1-14

Ecclesiastes 12:9-2 Chronicles : . Epilogue. Ecclesiastes 12:9-2 Kings : is an editor’ s praise of Qoheleth, who is identified with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote “ words of truth” in a pleasing and elegant (“ acceptable” ) style; “ uprightly” may also refer to correctness of form. Ecclesiastes 12:11 a reminds us of the stimulus of a good teacher; Socrates called himself the gadfly of Athens, and the words of Pericles were said to have a sting in them. Ecclesiastes... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 12 Early piety recommended before old age come on and death be near: old age described, and death, Ecclesiastes 12:1-7. The conclusion: all is vanity, Ecclesiastes 12:8. The preacher’s end in this book, Ecclesiastes 12:9-12. The sum of all learning, experience, and happiness is to fear God, and keep his commandments, because God will bring all to judgment, Ecclesiastes 12:13,Ecclesiastes 12:14. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember, to wit, practically, or so as to fear, and love, and faithfully serve and worship him, which when men do not they are said to forget God, Psalms 9:17; Psalms 106:21, and in many other places. Thy Creator; the first author and continual preserver of thy life and being, and of all the perfections and enjoyments which accompany it, to whom thou hast the highest and strongest obligations to do so, and upon whom thou hast a constant and necessary dependence, and therefore to forget him is... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:2

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars be not darkened, Heb. While the sun, and the light, and the moon, &c. That clause, and the light, seems to be added to signify that he speaks of the darkening of the sun, and moon, and stars, not in themselves, or in their own bodies, but only in respect of that light which they afford to men. And therefore the same clause which is expressed after the sun, is to be understood after the moon and stars, as is very usual in Scripture in... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

The keepers of the house, i.e. of the body, which is oft and fitly compared to a house, as Job 4:19; Psalms 119:54; 2 Corinthians 5:1; whose keepers here are either, 1. The ribs and bones into which they are fastened, which are the guardians of the inward and vital parts, which also are much weakened and shaken by old age. Or rather, 2. The hands and arms, which are man’s best instruments to defend his body from the assaults of men or beasts, and which in a special manner are subject to this... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

The doors be shut in the streets; or, towards the streets; which lead into the streets. This is understood either, 1. Literally; because men, when they are very old, keep much at home, and have neither strength nor inclination to go abroad. Or rather, 2. Allegorically, as all the other clauses are understood. And so the doors are either, 1. The outward senses, which, as doors, let in outward objects to the soul. Or rather, 2. The mouth, or the two lips, here expressed by a word of the dual... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:5

They shall be afraid; the passion of fear is observed to be most incident to old men, of which divers reasons may be given. Of that which is high; either, 1. Of high things, lest they should fall upon them. Or rather, 2. Of high places, of going up hills or stairs, which is very irksome to them, because of their weakness, and weariness, ar, d giddiness, and danger, or dread of falling. And this clause, together with the next, may be rendered thus, and that agreeably to the Hebrew text, Also... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:6

This verse is to be understood either, 1. literally, of the ornaments of life, such as chains, and jewels, and vessels of gold and silver, and of the instruments by which the necessary provisions and supports of life are conveyed to us, such as fountains of water, and pitchers, &c.; which may be said to be loosed or broken, because they are neglected as useless things to the dead man. Or rather, 2. Allegorically, of those inward parts of man’s body which are the chief instruments of life,... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:7

The dust; the body, called dust, both for its original, which was from the dust, and to signify its vile and corruptible nature, Job 4:19; Job 30:19; Psalms 103:14. Return to the earth as it was; whence it was first taken. He alludes to that passage, Genesis 3:19. The spirit; the soul of man, frequently so called, as Genesis 2:7; Psalms 31:5, &c., because it is of a spiritual or immaterial nature. Return unto God; into his presence, and before his tribunal, that there it may be sentenced to... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:8

This sentence, wherewith he began this book, he here repeateth in the end of it partly as that which he had proved in all the foregoing discourse, and partly as that which naturally and necessarily followed from both the branches of the assertion now laid down, Ecclesiastes 12:7. read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1-14

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:8

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