Ecclesiastes 9
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| V1 We cannot know God's ways with our intellect or emotions. |
| v2 We cannot manipulate God's plan no matter what we do. That is not why we should do good nor do the will of God. His name should be our name. |
| V3 If the heart of man is evil and madness how can we figure out the Will of God with the wisdom of our heart? |
| V4 Commentary opinions very between "older translators" rendering “chosen” instead of “joined” in some cases.[1] The Hebrew word in the text is chabar (חָבַר)[2] bit we find the same Hebrew letters composing many different words. |
| V4 So, a "living dog is better than a dead lion" because, though it is a fog it is in the company of the living. |
| V5 "the living know(יוֹדְעִ֣ים)[3] that they shall die[4]: but the dead know(יוֹדְעִ֣ים)[3] not any thing," The root word "know" is the same word we see in Genesis 4:1 "And Adam knew <03045> Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD." |
| V6 "their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;" destroyed. They have no portion or share among the living. |
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Death Comes to All
1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
The heart of man is evil and madness
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 ¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Enjoy Life with the One You Love
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Wisdom Better than Folly
11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13 ¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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- ↑ Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
- ↑ 02266 חָבַר chabar [khaw-bar’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-287b] [{See TWOT on 598 }] AV-couple 8, join 8, couple together 4, join together 3, compact 1, charmer + 02267 1, charming + 02267 1, have fellowship 1, league 1, heap up 1; 29
- 1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to unite, be joined
- 1a2) to tie magic charms, charm
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to unite with, make an ally of
- 1b2) to unite, join, ally
- 1c) (Pual)
- 1c1) to be allied with, be united
- 1c2) to be joined together
- 1d) (Hiphil) to join together, pile up (words)
- 1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself to, make an alliance, league together
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 03045 ^עדי^ yada‘ \@yaw-dah’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 848} AV-know 645, known 105, knowledge 19, perceive 18, shew 17, tell 8, wist 7, understand 7, certainly 7, acknowledge 6, acquaintance 6, consider 6, declare 6, teach 5, misc 85; 947
- 1) to know
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to know
- 1a1a) to know, learn to know
- 1a1b) to perceive
- 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
- 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
- 1a1e) to know by experience
- 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
- 1a1g) to consider
- 1a2) to know, be acquainted with
- 1a3) to know (a person carnally)
- 1a4) to know how, be skilful in
- 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
- 1a1) to know
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
- 1b2) to make oneself known
- 1b3) to be perceived
- 1b4) to be instructed
- 1c) (Piel) to cause to know
- 1d) (Poal) to cause to know
- 1e) (Pual)
- 1e1) to be known
- 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
- 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
- 1g) (Hophal) to be made known
- 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to know
- ↑ 04191 ^תומ^ muwth \@mooth\@ a primitive root MemVavTav; v; {See TWOT on 1169} |rely 50, kill 31, dead man 3, dead body 2, in no wise 2, misc 10; 835
- 1) to die, kill, have one executed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to die
- 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death
- 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation)
- 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)
- 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch
- 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death
- 1d) (Hophal)
- 1d1) to be killed, be put to death
- 1d1a) to die prematurely
- 1d1) to be killed, be put to death
- 1a) (Qal)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- other combination found together (ומת מות יומת) see Exodus 21 and Mark 7
- 1) to die, kill, have one executed