Ecclesiastes 3:20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 3:20

one place: i.e. Sheol, or the grave. of the dust. See Genesis 1:24 ; Genesis 2:7 , Genesis 2:19 ; Genesis 3:19 . turn to dust again. See Genesis 3:19 . Psalms 22:15 ; Psalms 104:29 ; Psalms 146:4 .Job 10:9 ; Job 34:15 . Compare Ch. Ecclesiastes 12:7 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

The Practical Ideal. Acceptance of the Universal Scheme1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, are all good, though, even if we combine them, there is still something lacking, and they will not explain the mystery of existence. In continuing to seek for a rule of life that shall lead him to the highest good, he reminds himself that God is a God of order, and wisdom lies in adapting ourselves to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Ecclesiastes 3:1 How for everything there is a time and a season, and then how does the glory of a thing pass from it, even like the flower of the grass. This is a truism, but it is one of those which are continually forcing themselves upon the mind. Borrow's Lavengro, xxvi. He is a good time-server that finds out the fittest opportunity for every action. God hath made a time for everything under the sun, save only for that which we do at all times to wit, sin. Thomas Fuller. References. III.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

SECOND SECTIONThe Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of BusinessEcclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her voice, nor in the Garden in which Pleasure spreads her lures: may it not be found in the Market, in devotion to Business and Public Affairs? The Preacher will try this experiment also. He gives himself to study and consider it. But at the very outset he discovers that he is in the iron grip of immutable... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

In the Wrongs which He permits Men to inflict upon us; Ecclesiastes 3:16-22; Ecclesiastes 4:1-3Because we will not be obsequious to the ordinances of His wisdom, He permits us to meet a new check in the caprice and injustice of man-making even these to praise Him by subserving our good. If we do not suffer the violent oppressions which drew tears from the Preacher’s fellow captives, we nevertheless stand very much at the mercy of our neighbours in so far as our outward haps are concerned.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:18-21

To produce a Materialistic Scepticism; Ecclesiastes 3:18-21(c) The "speculation" in the eye of business men is not commonly of a philosophic cast, and therefore we do not look to find them arguing themselves into the materialism which infected the Hebrew Preacher as he contemplated them and their blind devotion to their idol. They are far, perhaps very far, from thinking that in the body and spirit, in origin and end, man is no better than the beast, a creature of the same accident and subject... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

2. Further Results of the Search CHAPTER 3 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 ) 2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12-15 ) 3. Concerning judgment and the future (Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 ) Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 . There is a time for everything. Twenty-eight “times” are mentioned, beginning with the time of birth and ending with the time for peace. Everything has a fixed time: Life-death; seeding-harvesting; killing-healing; breaking-down building-up;... read more

James Gray

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 3:16-22

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. (18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. (19) For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;... read more

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