伝道者の書 11:9-12:7 JCB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Chapters Ecclesiastes 11:9 to Ecclesiastes 12:14 The Venturing Of The Young, The Trials Of The Old and Man’s Final Destiny. As we come to the end of the writer’s musings we are rewarded with the final conclusions that he has reached. He calls on the young man to arise out of life’s vainness and look to his Creator, recognising that God will bring him into judgment in whatever he does. Interestingly he no longer appears to see life as meaningless, but as something to be treated very... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

‘Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Therefore remove causes of sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh. For youth and the prime of life are vanity. Remember also your creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near when you will say I have no... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Ecclesiastes 11:1 to Ecclesiastes 12:8 . Closing Counsels.— It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and Ecclesiastes 11:2 are best taken as referring either to merchandise or generosity, though “ bread” has also been interpreted as seed sown on irrigated land ( cf. Ecclesiastes 11:4 and Ecclesiastes 11:6) or even as human semen, and Ecclesiastes 11:2 and Ecclesiastes 11:6 forced into line. The trader’ s venture... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:9

This verse is to be understood either, 1. As a serious advice to this purpose, Seeing life is short and transitory, improve it to the best advantage, take comfort in it whilst you may, only do it with moderation, and the fear of God. Or rather, 2. As an ironical concession, such as are usual both in Scripture, as 1 Kings 18:27; 1 Kings 22:15; Ezekiel 28:3,Ezekiel 28:4; Matthew 26:45, and in other authors; for this agrees much better with the context, and with the expressions here used. And so... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:7-10

CRITICAL NOTES.—Ecclesiastes 11:7. Truly the light is sweet.] Light as the symbol of life. (Psalms 36:9, Job 3:20.) Ecclesiastes 11:8. Yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.] Days of misfortune and gloom in this world, and a yet longer season in the dark sojourn of the dead. In the imperfect revelation of the time, the state of the departed was considered as dark and cheerless. All that cometh is vanity.] Everything that happens in the course of the world’s history... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Ecclesiastes 10:10-12:1 I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely calculated scheme of life, because at every turn our calculations may be upset by the interference of an arbitrary Providence. But, on the other hand, as he now points out, we must do something, or we shall have no enjoyment at all. We shall never reap if we do not sow. We must be ready even to throw away our labour, to "cast our... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:7-9

Ecclesiastes 11:7-9 I. Notice the reality of the contrasts presented in life. Full as life is of pathetic meanings, we are often strangely insensible to them. We may not regard them with indifference, but we fail to realise them. Life is made up of the endless play and vicissitude of circumstance, often rising into a tragic pathos. Men and women are apt to be engrossed with their own little share of life. They are unable to conceive life as a whole even in their own case, its breadth of shadow... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:9

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Was this a strain of savage irony? Was it the mocking wail of one who had done all these things in the very worst sense you can put upon them, and found out, in unspeakable bitterness of heart, what came of it all? Looking before the text and after it, thinking of the general scope and tendency of the whole book of Ecclesiastes, one would say that all the text conveys is this great truth, which we all find out as we grow older, that the reckoning always comes. There is no harm... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ecclesiastes 11:9

DISCOURSE: 845YOUTH WARNED OF THE FUTURE JUDGMENTEcclesiastes 11:9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment.EARTHLY pleasure is doubtless gratifying to flesh and blood: hence it is more or less an object of desire to all: but there are two considerations which may well abate our ardour in the pursuit,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Chapter 11Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you don't know what evil shall be upon the eaRuth ( Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 ).You don't know when you're going to be in trouble, so be generous. Give out a portion to seven or eight people, because there might be a time when you're going to be needing a handout yourself.If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls toward the... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 11:9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:7-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:7-9

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:9

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ecclesiastes 11:9

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:1-10

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