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The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how Providence arranges even the minutest concerns; that man can alter nothing, must make the best of things as they are, bear with anomalies, bounding his desires by this present life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:5

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together. There is no question about building or demolishing houses, as that has been already mentioned in Ecclesiastes 3:3 . Most commentators see an allusion to the practice of marring an enemy's fields by casting stones upon them, as the Israelites did when they invaded Moab ( 2 Kings 3:19 , 2 Kings 3:25 ). But this must have been a very abnormal proceeding, and could scarcely be cited as a usual occurrence. Nor is the notion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to get (seek), and a time to lose . The verb abad , in piel, is used in the sense of "to destroy" ( Ecclesiastes 7:7 ), and it is only in late Hebrew that it signifies, as here, "to lose." The reference is doubtless to property, and has no connection with the last clause of the preceding verse, as Delitzsch would opine. There is a proper and lawful pursuit of wealth, and there is a wise and prudent submission to its inevitable loss. The loss here is occasioned by events over... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rend, and a time to sew ( καιρὸς τοῦ ῥῆξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ῥάψαι ). This is usually understood of the rending of garments in token of grief ( Genesis 37:29 , Genesis 37:34 , etc.), and the repairing of the rent then made when the season of mourning was ended. The Talmudists laid down careful rules concerning the extent of the ritual tear, and how long it was to remain unmended, both being regulated by the nearness of the relationship of the deceased person. In this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:8

A time to love, and a time to hate. This reminds one of the gloss to which our Lord refers ( Matthew 5:43 ), "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy," the first member being found in the old Law (Le 19:18), the second being a misconception of the spirit which made Israel God's executioner upon the condemned nations. It was the maxim of Bias, quoted by Aristotle, 'Rhet.,' Ecclesiastes 2:13 , that we should love as if about some day to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:5

Stones may be regarded either as materials for building, or as impediments to the fertility of land (see 2 Kings 3:19, 2 Kings 3:25; Isaiah 5:2). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:6

Get ... lose - Rather, seek, and a time to give up for lost. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:7

Rend - i. e., Tear garments in sign of mourning or anger. See 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 1:11 ff. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 3:2-8

Ecclesiastes 3:2-8. A time to die And as there is a time to die, so there is a time to rise again, a set time, when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered. A time to kill When men die a violent death. A time to heal When he who seemed to be mortally wounded is healed. A time to weep When men have just occasion for weeping, as they frequently have in the present life, both for their own sins and for the sins and miseries of mankind. “It is in vain,” says Castalio, here, “to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Events controlled by God’s fixed order (3:1-15)In 1:1-11 the author considered the ceaseless toil and repetition in the natural world and decided that life was useless. Now (ignoring for the moment the conclusions he has just outlined in 2:24-26) he considers the fixed order of events in the world. It appears to him that everything happens at the time God has decided it will happen. In view of this, all human effort to improve life is useless. People can change nothing (3:1-9).Human beings may... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 3:2-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

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