ecclesiastes-12:10-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:8-12

Solomon is here drawing towards a close, and is loth to part till he has gained his point, and prevailed with his hearers, with his readers, to seek for that satisfaction in God only and in their duty to him which they can never find in the creature. I. He repeats his text (Eccl. 12:8), 1. As that which he had fully demonstrated the truth of, and so made good his undertaking in this sermon, wherein he had kept closely to his text, and both his reasons and his application were to the purpose.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

The great enquiry which Solomon prosecutes in this book is, What is that good which the sons of men should do? Eccl. 2:3. What is the true way to true happiness, the certain means to attain our great end? He had in vain sought it among those things which most men are eager in pursuit of, but here, at length, he has found it, by the help of that discovery which God anciently made to man (Job 28:28), that serious godliness is the only way to true happiness: Let us hear the conclusion of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:10

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words ,.... Not mere words, fine and florid ones, the words which man's wisdom teacheth, an elegant style, or eloquent language; not but that it is proper for a preacher to seek out and use words suitable and apt to convey right ideas to the minds of men of what he says; but doctrines are rather here meant, "words of desire", "delight", and "pleasure" F4 דברי חפץ "verba complacentiae vel beneplaciti", Vatablus; "verba desiderii", Amama,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads ,.... As the goad teacheth the ox; so the Targum. Not the words of the wise philosophers of that age, or of ages before, or since; but of the inspired penmen of the Scriptures, as Moses, David, Solomon, and of others since; and of all good men, whose doctrines are agreeably to them; these are like "goads" or "pricks", sharp pointed sticks or staves, with which men push and prick their cattle, when driving them from place to place, or ploughing with them:... read more

John Gill

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

And further, by these, my son, be admonished ,.... Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, may be intended, for whose sake, more especially, this book might be written; though it may take in every hearer of this divine preacher, every disciple of this teacher, every subject of his kingdom, as well as every reader of this book, whom he thus addresses, and for whom he was affectionately concerned as a father for a son; that they might be enlightened with divine knowledge, warned of that which is evil,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter ,.... Or "the end" F15 סוף דבר הכל "finis verbi omnis", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus; "finis universi negotii", Tigurine version, so Vatablus. of it. The sum and substance of it, what it all tends to and issues in; even the whole of what is contained in this book, and in all offer divinely inspired writings of Solomon or others; of all that were now written, or before, or since: this the preacher calls upon himself, as well as his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment ,.... Not in this life, but in the day of the great judgment, as the Targum explains it; that is, whatever has been done by men, from the beginning of the world, or will be to the end; all being observed and taken notice of by the omniscient God, who has registered them in the book of his remembrance, and, being Judge, will be able to bring them all into account at that awful day: which is here given as a reason why men should fear God, and keep... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:10

He sought to find out acceptable words - חפץ דברי dibrey chephets , words of desire, words of will; the best, the most suitable words; those which the people could best understand. But these words were not such as might merely please the people; they were words of truth; such as came from God, and might lead them to him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise - Doctrines of faith, illustrated by suitable language, are as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, אספות בעלי baaley asuphoth , the masters of collections, those who had made the best collections of this kind, the matter of which was of the most excellent nature; every saying sinking as deeply into the mind, by the force of the truth contained in it, as a nail well pointed does into a board, when impelled by the hammer's force. These masters of collections... read more

Adam Clarke

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

And farther, by these, my son, be admonished - Hear such teachers, and receive their admonitions; and do not receive the grace of God in vain. Of making many books there is no end - Two thousand years have elapsed since this was written; and since that time some millions of treatises have been added, on all kinds of subjects, to those which have gone before. The press is still groaning under and teeming with books, books innumerable; and no one subject is yet exhausted, notwithstanding... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:8-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:11

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 12:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:11

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

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