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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

MAN’S TIMES (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 ) These are orderly and seasonable, but bring no permanent profit, because man is still ignorant of God’s purpose in them all. He does not know how to fit his work into God’s work. The conclusion is in Ecclesiastes 3:12-15 . GOD’S TIME (Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 ) There is a suggestion in verse 17 that this is long. It will be a time, too, of judgment and manifestation (Ecclesiastes 3:17-18 ). Yet, and perhaps because of this, man’s death is not different from... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

The Works of the Lord Ecclesiastes 3:0 Coheleth saw that, notwithstanding the confusion which so broadly marked all human life, there was a partially-discovered method underlying everything. Things that seemed to come by chance really came by arrangement, and all the topsyturvy was only on the outside: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" ( Ecc 3:1 ). It is very marvellous, too, how little control man has over the coming and going of things, though... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

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 in it. (11) He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (12) I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. (13) And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:14

Feared. The order of the seasons, &c., teaches men to adore Providence. (St. Jerome) --- He has arranged every thing, how mutable soever. (St. Augustine, Confessions i. 6.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

11-15 Every thing is as God made it; not as it appears to us. We have the world so much in our hearts, are so taken up with thoughts and cares of worldly things, that we have neither time nor spirit to see God's hand in them. The world has not only gained possession of the heart, but has formed thoughts against the beauty of God's works. We mistake if we think we were born for ourselves; no, it is our business to do good in this life, which is short and uncertain; we have but little time to be... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ecclesiastes 3:12-22

The Nature of Human Happiness v. 12. I know that there is no good in them, in the works of God given to men, but for a man to rejoice, in a cheerful use of the blessings of the Lord, and to do good In his life, to himself and to others in the proper use of God's gifts, for this is one essential part of true human happiness. v. 13. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God, and should be acknowledged as such with the proper... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

SECOND DISCOURSEOf Earthly Happiness, its Impediments and Means of AdvancementChap. 3–5.A. The substance of earthly happiness or success consists in grateful joy of this life, and a righteous use of it.Ecclesiastes 3:1-22.1. The reasons for the temporal restriction of human happiness (consisting in the entire dependence of all human action and effort on an unchangeable, higher system of things)(Ecclesiastes 3:1-11.)1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

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 to take. He now gives us some of the results of that learning in the process of which he had found no personal satisfaction. And first he speaks in greater detail of that mechanism of the universe to which he had referred at the opening of his discourse. There is everywhere a ceaseless routine. Though we have often read some parts of his... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

What Is Good in This Life Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 ; Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in chapters 6 and 12: "Who knoweth what is good for man in this life?" The same question is asked in several other Scriptures. We have considered Solomon's conclusions about the labors of this life, and now we are to consider more of his conclusions as to the pleasures of this life. Here is a theme that should grip every... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

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, nevertheless God has made everything beautiful in its time (‘God saw everything that he had made and behold it was very good’ - Genesis 1:29). And at the same time God has set everlastingness in man’s heart (‘God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him’ - Genesis 1:27). But it has been done in such a way that man is unable... read more