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Ecclesiastes (Qohelet — "Assembler/Preacher") is Solomon's philosophical autopsy of life lived under the sun — without transcendent reference. The repeated verdict hebel ("vapor/vanity") is not nihilism but diagnostic: every finite meaning-system eventually collapses under the weight of death.
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- Primary Witness Text: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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Ecclesiastes (Qohelet — "Assembler/Preacher") is Solomon's philosophical autopsy of life lived under the sun — without transcendent reference. The repeated verdict hebel ("vapor/vanity") is not nihilism but diagnostic: every finite meaning-system eventually collapses under the weight of death.
The book's apologetics use is considerable: Ecclesiastes performs the reductio ad absurdum of secular humanism. Pleasure (2:1-3), wisdom (2:12-16), work (2:17-23), and accumulation (5:10-17) are each tried and found bankrupt. The resolution: "Fear God and keep His commandments" (12:13) — transcendent meaning alone survives.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
Hebrew
שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם כִּֽי־בְרֹב הַיָּמִים תִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃shalach-lachemekha-'al-feney-hamayim-khiy-verov-hayamiym-timetza'env
KJV: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
AKJV: Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
ASV: Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
YLT: Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Hebrew
תֶּן־חֵלֶק לְשִׁבְעָה וְגַם לִשְׁמוֹנָה כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה־יִּהְיֶה רָעָה עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ten-cheleq-leshive'ah-vegam-lishemvonah-khiy-lo'-teda'-mah-yiheyeh-ra'ah-'al-ha'aretz
KJV: Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
AKJV: Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth.
ASV: Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
YLT: Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:2Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 11:2
Verse 2 Give a portion to seven - Never cease giving while thou seest a person in distress, and hast wherewithal to relieve him. Thou knowest not what evil - Such may be the change of times, that thou mayest yet stand in need of similar help thyself. Do as thou wouldst be done by.
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Ecclesiastes 11:2
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
Hebrew
אִם־יִמָּלְאוּ הֶעָבִים גֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ יָרִיקוּ וְאִם־יִפּוֹל עֵץ בַּדָּרוֹם וְאִם בַּצָּפוֹן מְקוֹם שֶׁיִּפּוֹל הָעֵץ שָׁם יְהֽוּא׃'im-yimale'v-he'aviym-geshem-'al-ha'aretz-yariyqv-ve'im-yifvol-'etz-vadarvom-ve'im-vatzafvon-meqvom-sheyifvol-ha'etz-sham-yehv'
KJV: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
AKJV: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
ASV: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
YLT: If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves ; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:3Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 11:3
Verse 3 If the clouds be full of rain - Act as the clouds; when they are full they pour out their water indifferently on the field and on the desert. By giving charity indiscriminately, it may be that thou wilt often give it to the unworthy: but thou shouldst ever consider that he is an object of thy charity, who appears to be in real want; and better relieve or give to a hundred worthless persons, than pass by one who is in real distress. Where the tree falleth, there it shall be - Death is at no great distance; thou hast but a short time to do good. Acquire a heavenly disposition while here; for there will be no change after this life. If thou die in the love of God, and in the love of man, in that state wilt thou be found in the day of judgment. If a tree about to fall lean to the north, to the north it will fall; if to the south, it will fall to that quarter. In whatever disposition or state of soul thou diest, in that thou wilt be found in the eternal world. Death refines nothing, purifies nothing, kills no sin, helps to no glory. Let thy continual bent and inclination be to God, to holiness, to charity, to mercy, and to heaven: then, fall when thou mayest, thou wilt fall well.
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Ecclesiastes 11:3
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
Hebrew
שֹׁמֵר רוּחַ לֹא יִזְרָע וְרֹאֶה בֶעָבִים לֹא יִקְצֽוֹר׃shomer-rvcha-lo'-yizera'-vero'eh-ve'aviym-lo'-yiqetzvor
KJV: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
AKJV: He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
ASV: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
YLT: Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:4Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 11:4
Verse 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow! - The man that is too scrupulous is never likely to succeed in any thing. If a man neither plough nor sow till the weather is entirely to his mind, the season will in all probability pass before he will have done any thing: so, if thou be too nice in endeavoring to find out who are the impostors among those who profess to be in want, the real object may perish, whom otherwise thou mightest have relieved, and whose life might have been thereby saved. Those very punctilious and scrupulous people, who will sift every thing to the bottom in every case, and, before they will act, must be fully satisfied on all points, seldom do any good, and are themselves generally good for nothing. While they are observing the clouds and the rain, others have joined hands with God, and made a poor man live.
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Ecclesiastes 11:4
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
Hebrew
כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵֽינְךָ יוֹדֵעַ מַה־דֶּרֶךְ הָרוּחַ כַּעֲצָמִים בְּבֶטֶן הַמְּלֵאָה כָּכָה לֹא תֵדַע אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַכֹּֽל׃kha'asher-'eynekha-yvode'a-mah-derekhe-harvcha-kha'atzamiym-veveten-hamele'ah-khakhah-lo'-teda'-'et-ma'asheh-ha'elohiym-'asher-ya'asheh-'et-hakhol
KJV: As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
AKJV: As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
ASV: As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
YLT: As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How--bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:5Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 11:5
Verse 5 As thou knowest not - the way of the spirit - Why God should have permitted such an such persons to fall into want, and how they came into all their distresses, thou canst not tell, no more than thou canst how their soul is united to their body, how it came to inform that body, or how the child was formed in the womb of its mother. Nor canst thou discern the end which God has in view in these things. He maketh all, every thing is open to him; and take heed lest, while pretending motives of scrupulosity and prudence, in not relieving the distresses of those thou pretendest to suspect to be unworthy, he does not see that a love of money is the motive of thy conduct, and a want of the bowels of mercy the cause why thou drivest this suspected beggar from thy door.
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Ecclesiastes 11:5
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Hebrew
בַּבֹּקֶר זְרַע אֶת־זַרְעֶךָ וְלָעֶרֶב אַל־תַּנַּח יָדֶךָ כִּי אֵֽינְךָ יוֹדֵע אֵי זֶה יִכְשָׁר הֲזֶה אוֹ־זֶה וְאִם־שְׁנֵיהֶם כְּאֶחָד טוֹבִֽים׃vavoqer-zera'-'et-zare'ekha-vela'erev-'al-tanach-yadekha-khiy-'eynekha-yvode'-'ey-zeh-yikheshar-hazeh-'vo-zeh-ve'im-sheneyhem-khe'echad-tvoviym
KJV: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
AKJV: In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. ¶
ASV: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
YLT: In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike are good.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:6Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Verse 6 In the morning sow thy seed - Be ready at all times to show mercy; begin in the morning, continue till the evening. Thou knowest not the most worthy object; it is enough that God knoweth; and if thy motive be good, he will applaud and reward thee; not according to the worthiness or unworthiness of the object of thy charity, but according to the motive which induced thee to relieve him.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Hebrew
וּמָתוֹק הָאוֹר וְטוֹב לַֽעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃vmatvoq-ha'vor-vetvov-la'eynayim-lire'vot-'et-hashamesh
KJV: Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
AKJV: Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
ASV: Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
YLT: Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:7Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Verse 7 Truly the light is sweet - Life is dear to every man as the light of the sun is to the eye. A man would give all that he has for his life, and it is particularly dear to him when he is in ease and affluence: but let each remember that,
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Ecclesiastes 11:7
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Hebrew
כִּי אִם־שָׁנִים הַרְבֵּה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם בְּכֻלָּם יִשְׂמָח וְיִזְכֹּר אֶת־יְמֵי הַחֹשֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּה יִהְיוּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּא הָֽבֶל׃khiy-'im-shaniym-hareveh-yicheyeh-ha'adam-vekhulam-yishemach-veyizekhor-'et-yemey-hachoshekhe-khiy-hareveh-yiheyv-khal-sheva'-havel
KJV: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
AKJV: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. ¶
ASV: Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
YLT: But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:8Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
Verse 8 If a man live many years - And even have prosperity through the whole; yet the days of darkness - times of affliction, weakness, and perhaps old age, will be many. If he die not a violent death, which no man can wish, he will die a lingering death; and this is ordinarily attended with many pains, and many sorrows; therefore let him prepare to meet his God; and to carry this thought through life, that all must terminate in death. The writer of Ecclesiasticus, 7:36, has a good saying, similar to this: "Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember thy End; and thou shalt never do amiss;" ουκ ἁμαρτησεις, thou wilt not sin.
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Hebrew
שְׂמַח בָּחוּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ לִבְּךָ בִּימֵי בְחוּרוֹתֶךָ וְהַלֵּךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ וְדָע כִּי עַל־כָּל־אֵלֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ הָאֱלֹהִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃shemach-vachvr-veyaledvteykha-viytiyvekha-livekha-viymey-vechvrvotekha-vehalekhe-vedarekhey-livekha-vvemare'ey-'eyneykha-veda'-khiy-'al-khal-'eleh-yeviy'akha-ha'elohiym-vamishefat
KJV: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
AKJV: Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
ASV: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
YLT: Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 11:9Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
Verse 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth - Youth is devoid of cares; and, consequently, of many perplexities and distresses. Were it not so, we should have no old men; nay, perhaps not one even of middle ape. It is in the order of a most gracious God, that the young should rejoice in their youth; but they should make such a moderate use of all their enjoyments, that they may not be confounded in the day of judgment. But, O young man, if thou wilt follow the propensities of thy own heart, the noisy mirth of the fool, and the dissipation of the profligate - go on; take thy full swing; but take this with thee, that "for all these things, God will judge thee;" and if the righteous are scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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- Rejoice
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring t...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 11:10
Hebrew
וְהָסֵר כַּעַס מִלִּבֶּךָ וְהַעֲבֵר רָעָה מִבְּשָׂרֶךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְדוּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲרוּת הָֽבֶל׃vehaser-kha'as-milivekha-veha'aver-ra'ah-mivesharekha-khiy-hayaledvt-vehashacharvt-havel
KJV: Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
AKJV: Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
ASV: Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
YLT: And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!
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Ecclesiastes 11:10
Verse 10 Therefore remove sorrow - כעס caas, anger; every kind of violent passion, all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. "Childhood and youth are vanity;" they pass away and come to nothing. Eternity alone is permanent; live for eternity.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 11:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:1
- Ecclesiastes 11:2
- Ecclesiastes 11:3
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
- Ecclesiastes 11:5
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Ecclesiastes 11:7
- Ecclesiastes 11:8
- Ecclesiastes 11:9
- Ecclesiastes 11:10
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- Ecclesiasticus
- End
- Rejoice
- But
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Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness