Know that He Is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Remember Namely, practically, so as to fear, love, and faithfully serve him, which, when men do not, they are said to forget him: thy Creator The first author and continual preserver of thy life and being, and of all the endowments and enjoyments which accompany it; to whom thou art under the highest and strongest obligations; and upon whom thou art constantly and necessarily dependant, and therefore to forget him is most unnatural and disingenuous.

His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth. Or ever the silver cord be loosed By the silver cord he seems to understand the spinal marrow, which comes from the brain, and goes down to the lowest end of the back-bone. As it was Whence it was first taken. "The same preacher was not wyse alone: but taught the people knowledge also. Others discern in the silver cord, the soul which holds the body in life; in the bowl, the body; and in the golden oil (compare Zechariah 4:12) within it, the spirit. He that is fully convinced that there is no solid happiness to be found in this world, and that there is a world to come wherein God will adjudge people to happiness or misery respectively, as they have made their choice and acted here, must necessarily subscribe to the truth of Solomons conclusion, that true religion is the only way to true happiness. This is not unfitly called a bowl, because it is round, and contains in it all the substance of the brain; and a golden bowl, partly for its great preciousness and usefulness; partly for its ductility, being drawn out into a great thinness or fineness; and partly for its colour, which is somewhat yellow, and comes nearer to that of gold than any other part of the body does. The darkening of the lights of heaven denotes a time of affliction and sadness. He shall rise - Here the metaphor of the house passes out of sight. And wan Ecclesiastes was most wiis he taght the peple, and told out what he had don, and enserchinge maade many parablis. He first repeats Ecclesiastes 12:8 the mournful, perplexing theme with which his musings began Ecclesiastes 1:2; and then states the encouraging practical conclusion Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 to which they have led him. He alludes to Genesis 3:19. Mourners - The singing women who attend funerals for hire (see Matthew 9:23). This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart;". Reader, think of this, and prepare to meet thy God! And the grinders The teeth, those especially which are commonly so called, because they grind the meat which we eat; cease To perform their office; because they are few Hebrew, , because they are diminished, either in strength, or in number, being only here one, and there another, and neither united together, nor one directly opposite to another, and consequently unfit for their work. Here, as in the beginning of the book Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, the Preacher speaks of himself Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 in the third person.

Compare Ezekiel 32:7-8; Job 3:9; Isaiah 5:30. To revere God and to obey Him is the whole man, constitutes mans whole being; that only is conceded to Man; all other things, as this book teaches again and again, are dependent on a Higher Incomprehensible Being. And the doors be shut in the streets Or toward the streets: which lead into the street. literally, Words of wise men are as goads, and as nails driven in (by) masters of assemblies; they are given from one shepherd: goads, because they rouse the hearer and impel him to right actions; nails (perhaps tent-spikes), because they remain fixed in the memory: masters of assemblies are simply teachers or preachers (see Ecclesiastes 1:1 note), instructors of such assemblies as Wisdom addresses Proverbs 1:20. literally, The conclusion of the discourse (or word, = words, Ecclesiastes 1:1), the whole, let us hear.. For this is the whole duty of man Hebrew, The whole of man, or all the man: it is his whole work and business: his whole wisdom, honour, perfection, and happiness: it is the sum of what he need either know, or do, or enjoy. Nor the clouds return after the rain This phrase denotes a perpetual succession of rain, and clouds bringing rain, and then rain and clouds again. And answerably hereto, by the golden bowl we may understand the membranes of the brain, and especially that inmost membrane which insinuates itself into all the parts of it, following it in its various windings, keeping each parcel of it in its proper place, and dividing one from another, to prevent disorder. And the almond-tree shall flourish Their heads shall be as full of gray hairs as the almond-tree is of white flowers. ", I shall give the same from my old MS. Bible: -. Here, as in the beginning of the book Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, the Preacher speaks of himself Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 in the third person. And these are said to be shut, not absolutely, as if men did never eat, or drink, or speak, but comparatively, because men, in old age, grow dull and listless, having little appetite to eat, and are very frequently indisposed for discourse. And wan Ecclesiastes was most wiis he taght the peple, and told out what he had don, and enserchinge maade many parablis. fear God, and keep his commandments: "the fear of God" includes the whole of internal religion, or powerful godliness; all the graces of the Spirit, and the exercise of them; reverence of God, love to him, faith in him, and in his Son Jesus Christ; hope of eternal life from him; humility of soul, patience and submission to his will, with every other grace; so the Heathens call religion "metum Deorum", the fear of God: and "keeping of the commandments", or obedience to the whole will of God, is the fruit, effect, and evidence of the former; and takes in all the commands of God, moral and positive, whether under the former or present dispensation; and an observance of them in faith, from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God; for this is the whole duty of man; or, "this is the whole man"; and makes a man a whole man, perfect, entire, and wanting nothing; whereas, without this, he is nothing, let him have ever so much of the wisdom, wealth, honour, and profits of this world. 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. Alle thingis that ben maad schal bringen into dome, for eche erid thinge, whithir good or evyl it be. Alle thingis that ben maad schal bringen into dome, for eche erid thinge, whithir good or evyl it be. The body in old age and death is here described under the figure of a decaying house with its inmates and furniture. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. Remember now - Rather, And remember. Ecclesiastes 12:6. The spirit - i. e., The spirit separated unto God from the body at death.

Make conscience of practising whatever God enjoins, how costly, or troublesome, or dangerous soever it may be.

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 mans best instruments to defend his body from the assaults of men or beasts, and which, in a special manner, are subject to this trembling. Fear God Which is put here for all the inward worship of God, reverence, and love, and trust, and a devotedness of heart to serve and please him; and keep his commandments This is properly added, as a necessary effect, and certain evidence of the true and genuine fear of God. One shepherd - i. e., God, who is the supreme Giver of wisdom Proverbs 2:6, and the chief Shepherd Jeremiah 23:1-4. 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.

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Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. He soght profitable wordis, and wrote most right sermons, and ful of trewth, The wordis of wismen as prickis and as nailis into herte pigt: that bi the counseyle of maisteris ben geven of oon scheperd. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, BakerEvangelicalDictionaryofBiblicalTheology, Hastings'DictionaryoftheNewTestament, Watson'sBiblical&TheologicalDictionary, InternationalStandardBibleEncyclopedia, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings). While not - Or, Before. And this, upon the approach of death, is commonly shrivelled up, and many times broken. And the cistern is the left ventricle of the heart, and the wheel seems to be the great artery, which is fifty so called, because it is the great instrument of this circulation. Whereby he expresses either the rheums or defluctions which incessantly flow in old men; or the continual vicissitude of infirmities, diseases, and griefs; one deep calling upon another. The way of entry and exit is stopped: little or no sound issues forth to tell of life stirring within. Ecclesiastes 12:2. To return to God, who is the fountain Psalms 36:9 of Life, certainly means to continue to live. He that is fully convinced that there is no solid happiness to be found in this world, and that there is a world to come wherein God will adjudge people to happiness or misery respectively, as they have made their choice and acted here, must necessarily subscribe to the truth of Solomons conclusion, that true religion is the only way to true happiness. The whole duty of man - Rather, the whole man. When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person. "Let us heare the conclusion of all thinges; Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men; for God shall judge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or evell.

The conclusion, all is vanity, Ecclesiastes 12:8 . More thann thes sone myn, ne seche thou; of making many bokes is noon eend, and oft bethinking is tormenting of the flesche. All the daughters of musick - i. e., Singing women Ecclesiastes 2:8. : i. e., an appointed judgment which shall take place in another world, as distinct from that retribution which frequently follows mans actions in the course of this world, and which is too imperfect (compare Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 9:2, ) to be described by these expressions.

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