伝道者の書 12:3-4 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

Here is, I. A call to young people to think of God, and mind their duty to him, when they are young: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. This is, 1. The royal preacher's application of his sermon concerning the vanity of the world and every thing in it. ?You that are young flatter yourselves with expectations of great things from it, but believe those that have tried it; it yields no solid satisfaction to a soul; therefore, that you may not be deceived by this vanity, nor too... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble ,.... By the "house" is meant the human body; which is a house of clay, the earthly house of our tabernacle, in which the soul dwells, Job 4:19 , 2 Corinthians 5:1 . The Targum interprets the keepers of the house, of the knees and the trembling of them; but the Midrash and Jarchi, much better, of the ribs; man being fenced with bones and sinews, as Job says, Job 10:11 ; though trembling cannot be well ascribed to them, they being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:4

And the doors shall be shut in the streets ,.... The Midrash and Jarchi interpret these of the holes of the body; in which they are followed by our learned and ingenuous countryman, Dr. Smith; who, by them, understands the inlets and outlets of the body; and, by the "streets", the ways and passages through which the food goes, and nourishment is conveyed; and which may be said to be shut, when they cease from their use: but it seems much better, with Aben Ezra and others, to interpret them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day when the keepers of the house - The Body of man is here compared to a House: - mark the metaphors and their propriety. 1. The keepers shall tremble - the hands become paralytic, as is constantly the case, less or more, in old age. 2. The strong men shall bow - The legs become feeble, and unable to support the weight of the body. 3. The grinders cease because they are few - The teeth decayed and mostly lost; the few that remain being incapable of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

And the doors shall be shut in the streets - read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:3

The gradual decay which creeps over the body, the habitation of the spirit, is depicted under the figure of a house and its parts (comp. Job 4:19 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Peter 1:13 , 2 Peter 1:14 ). In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble ; i.e. this is the case when, etc. The hands and arms are appropriately called the keepers of the house, for with them (as Volek quotes from Galen) man ὁπλίζει καὶ φρουρεῖ τὸ σῶμα παντοίως ("arms and guards his body in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:4

The doors shall be shut in the streets . Hitherto the symbolism has been comparatively easy to interpret. With this verse inextricable difficulties seem to arise. Of course, in one view it is natural that in the bitter weather, or on the appearance of a tempest, the doors towards the street should be closed, and none should leave the house. But what are meant by the doors in the metaphorical house, the body of the aged man? Jewish expositors understood them to be the pores, or excretive... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

The body in old age and death is here described under the figure of a decaying house with its inmates and furniture.This verse is best understood as referring to the change which old age brings to four parts of the body, the arms (“the keepers”), the legs (“the strong men”), the teeth (“the grinders”), and the eyes. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

And the doors ... is low - The house is viewed from without. The way of entry and exit is stopped: little or no sound issues forth to tell of life stirring within. The old man, as he grows older, has less in common with the rising generation; mutual interest and social contact decline. Some take the doors and the sound of the mill as figures of the lips and ears and of the speech.He shall rise ... - Here the metaphor of the house passes out of sight. The verb may either be taken impersonally (... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 12:3

Ecclesiastes 12:3. When the keepers of the house The body, which is often and fitly compared to a house; whose keepers are 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 trembling. And the strong men shall bow themselves Either the back, or the thighs and legs, in which the main strength of the body consists, and which, in old men, are very feeble. And the grinders The teeth,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 12:3

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