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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: 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. 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. 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. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 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. 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. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. 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 t...
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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 9:1
Hebrew
כִּי אֶת־כָּל־זֶה נָתַתִּי אֶל־לִבִּי וְלָבוּר אֶת־כָּל־זֶה אֲשֶׁר הַצַּדִּיקִים וְהַחֲכָמִים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶם בְּיַד הָאֱלֹהִים גַּֽם־אַהֲבָה גַם־שִׂנְאָה אֵין יוֹדֵעַ הָֽאָדָם הַכֹּל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃khiy-'et-khal-zeh-natatiy-'el-liviy-velavvr-'et-khal-zeh-'asher-hatzadiyqiym-vehachakhamiym-va'avadeyhem-veyad-ha'elohiym-gam-'ahavah-gam-shine'ah-'eyn-yvode'a-ha'adam-hakhol-lifeneyhem
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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 knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.
ASV: For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
YLT: But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them.
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:2
Hebrew
הַכֹּל כַּאֲשֶׁר לַכֹּל מִקְרֶה אֶחָד לַצַּדִּיק וְלָרָשָׁע לַטּוֹב וְלַטָּהוֹר וְלַטָּמֵא וְלַזֹּבֵחַ וְלַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ זֹבֵחַ כַּטּוֹב כַּֽחֹטֶא הַנִּשְׁבָּע כַּאֲשֶׁר שְׁבוּעָה יָרֵֽא׃hakhol-kha'asher-lakhol-miqereh-'echad-latzadiyq-velarasha'-latvov-velatahvor-velatame'-velazovecha-vela'asher-'eynenv-zovecha-khatvov-khachote'-hanisheva'-kha'asher-shevv'ah-yare'
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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 sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.
ASV: 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.
YLT: The whole is as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as is the good, so is the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:2Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:2
Verse 2 All things come alike to all - This is very generally true; but God often makes a difference and his faithful followers witness many interventions of Divine Providence in their behalf. But there are general blessings, and general natural evils, that equally affect the just and the unjust. But in this all is right; the evils that are in nature are the effects of the Fall of man; and God will not suspend general laws, or alter them, to favor individual cases. Nor does he design that his approbation or disapprobation shall be shown by any of these occurrences. Every holy man has a testimony of God's approbation in his own heart; and this makes him truly happy, let outward things be as they may. And, in general, what the wicked suffer is the fruit of their own doings. But the general state of nature as to what are called natural evils, is just as it ought to be. There is evil enough to show that man has fallen from God, and good enough to show that God deals with him in mercy. I cannot see that there is any rational cause for me to stumble at the dispensations of Divine Providence on these accounts.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 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 9:3
Hebrew
זֶה ׀ רָע בְּכֹל אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּֽי־מִקְרֶה אֶחָד לַכֹּל וְגַם לֵב בְּֽנֵי־הָאָדָם מָלֵא־רָע וְהוֹלֵלוֹת בִּלְבָבָם בְּחַיֵּיהֶם וְאַחֲרָיו אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃zeh- -ra'-vekhol-'asher-na'ashah-tachat-hashemesh-khiy-miqereh-'echad-lakhol-vegam-lev-veney-ha'adam-male'-ra'-vehvolelvot-vilevavam-vechayeyhem-ve'acharayv-'el-hametiym
KJV: 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.
AKJV: This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, 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. ¶
ASV: This is an evil in all that is 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.
YLT: This is an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event is to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after it--unto the dead.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:3Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:3
Verse 3 The heart of the sons of men is full of evil - No wonder then that the curse of God should be frequent in the earth.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 the...'. 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 9:4
Hebrew
כִּי־מִי אֲשֶׁר יבחר יְחֻבַּר אֶל כָּל־הַחַיִּים יֵשׁ בִּטָּחוֹן כִּֽי־לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּֽת׃khiy-miy-'asher-yvchr-yechuvar-'el-khal-hachayiym-yesh-vitachvon-khiy-lekhelev-chay-hv'-tvov-min-ha'areyeh-hamet
KJV: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
AKJV: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ASV: For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
YLT: But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:4Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:4
Verse 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope - While a man lives he hopes to amend, and he hopes to have a better lot; and thus life is spent, hoping to grow better, and hoping to get more. The Vulgate has, "There is none that shall live always, nor has any hope of such a thing." Perhaps the best translation is the following: "What, therefore, is to be chosen? In him that is living there is hope." Then choose that eternal life which thou hopest to possess. A living dog is better than a dead lion - I suppose this was a proverb. The smallest measure of animal existence is better than the largest of dead matter. The poorest living peasant is infinitely above Alexander the Great.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.'. 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 9:5
Hebrew
כִּי הַֽחַיִּים יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיָּמֻתוּ וְהַמֵּתִים אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מְאוּמָה וְאֵֽין־עוֹד לָהֶם שָׂכָר כִּי נִשְׁכַּח זִכְרָֽם׃khiy-hachayiym-yvode'iym-sheyamutv-vehametiym-'eynam-yvode'iym-me'vmah-ve'eyn-'vod-lahem-shakhar-khiy-nishekhach-zikheram
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
YLT: For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:5Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
Verse 5 The living know that they shall die - This is so self-evident that none can doubt it; and therefore all that have this conviction should prepare for death and eternal blessedness. But the dead know not any thing - Cut off from life, they know nothing of what passes under the sun. Their day of probation is ended, and therefore they can have no farther reward in living a holy life; nor can they be liable to any farther punishment for crimes in a state of probation, that being ended.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:6
Hebrew
גַּם אַהֲבָתָם גַּם־שִׂנְאָתָם גַּם־קִנְאָתָם כְּבָר אָבָדָה וְחֵלֶק אֵין־לָהֶם עוֹד לְעוֹלָם בְּכֹל אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃gam-'ahavatam-gam-shine'atam-gam-qine'atam-khevar-'avadah-vecheleq-'eyn-lahem-'vod-le'volam-vekhol-'asher-na'ashah-tachat-hashamesh
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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. ¶
ASV: As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
YLT: Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:6Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
Verse 6 Also their love, and their hatred - It is evident that he speaks here of the ignorance, want of power, etc., of the dead, in reference only to this life. And though they have no more a portion under the sun, yet he does not intimate that they have none anywhere else. A man threatens to conquer kingdoms, etc. He dies; what are his threats?
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:7
Hebrew
לֵךְ אֱכֹל בְּשִׂמְחָה לַחְמֶךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵה בְלֶב־טוֹב יֵינֶךָ כִּי כְבָר רָצָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃lekhe-'ekhol-veshimechah-lachemekha-vshateh-velev-tvov-yeynekha-khiy-khevar-ratzah-ha'elohiym-'et-ma'asheykha
KJV: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
AKJV: Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.
ASV: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
YLT: Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:7Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Verse 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy - Do not vex and perplex yourselves with the dispensations and mysteries of Providence; enjoy the blessings which God has given you, and live to his glory; and then God will accept your works.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.'. 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 9:8
Hebrew
בְּכָל־עֵת יִהְיוּ בְגָדֶיךָ לְבָנִים וְשֶׁמֶן עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ אַל־יֶחְסָֽר׃vekhal-'et-yiheyv-vegadeykha-levaniym-veshemen-'al-ro'shekha-'al-yechesar
KJV: Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
AKJV: Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.
ASV: Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.
YLT: At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
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Ecclesiastes 9:8
Verse 8 Let thy garments be always white - The Jews wore white garments on festal occasions, as emblems of joy and innocence. Be always pure, and always happy. The inhabitants of India are all dressed in clean white cotton, and to this is the allusion in the text. The Targum says: "At all times let thy garments be washed and pure from the stain of sin. Acquire a good name, which is likened to the oil of anointing, that blessings may be called down up thy head, and goodness not forsake thee."
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.'. 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 9:9
Hebrew
רְאֵה חַיִּים עִם־אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־אָהַבְתָּ כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נָֽתַן־לְךָ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כֹּל יְמֵי הֶבְלֶךָ כִּי הוּא חֶלְקְךָ בַּֽחַיִּים וּבַעֲמָלְךָ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה עָמֵל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃re'eh-chayiym-'im-'ishah-'asher-'ahaveta-khal-yemey-chayey-hevelekha-'asher-natan-lekha-tachat-hashemesh-khol-yemey-hevelekha-khiy-hv'-cheleqekha-vachayiym-vva'amalekha-'asher-'atah-'amel-tachat-hashamesh
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you take under the sun.
ASV: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
YLT: See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
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Verse 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest - Marry prudently, keep faithfully attached to the wife thou hast chosen, and rejoice in the labor of thy hands. Some understand this as the words of the libertine objector: "Live joyfully with the woman whom thou lovest best." But this does not comport so well with the scope of the place.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 th...'. 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 9:10
Hebrew
כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָֽדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ עֲשֵׂה כִּי אֵין מַעֲשֶׂה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְדַעַת וְחָכְמָה בִּשְׁאוֹל אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃khol-'asher-timetza'-yadekha-la'ashvot-vekhochakha-'asheh-khiy-'eyn-ma'asheh-vecheshevvon-veda'at-vechakhemah-vishe'vol-'asher-'atah-holekhe-shamah
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go. ¶
ASV: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
YLT: All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
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Verse 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do - Examine here the What the How, and the Why. I. What is necessary to be done in this life, in reference to another? 1. Turn from sin. 2. Repent. 3. Frequent the ordinances of God, and associate with the upright. 4. Read the Scriptures. 5. Pray for pardon. 6. Believe on the Lord Jesus, that thou mayest obtain it. 7. Look for the gift of the Holy Spirit. 8. Bring forth in their seasons the fruits of it - (1) Repentance, (2) Faith; and (3) The Holy Spirit. 9. Live to get good. 10. And to do good. 11. And refer every purpose and act to the eternal world. II. How should these be done? With thy might. 1. Be fully convinced of the necessity of these things. 2. Be determined to act according to this conviction. 3. Then act with all thy strength; put forth all thy power in avoiding evil, repenting of sin, etc., etc. III. Why should this be done? 1. Because thou art a dying man. 2. Thou art going into the grave. 3. When thou leavest this life, thy state of probation, with all its advantages, is eternally ended. 4. If thou die in sin, where God is thou shalt never come. For, 1. There is no work by which thou mayest profit; 2. No device by which thou mayest escape punishment; 3. No knowledge of any means of help; and, 4. No wisdom - restoration of the soul to the favor and image of God, in that grave whither thou goest. Therefore, work while it is called to-day. My old MS. Bible translates this nervously: Whatever thinge may thin hond don, besily wirch: for nouther were, ne resoun, ne wisdom, ne keennyng schuln be a nentis hell, whither thou gost. Properly speaking, every sinner is going to hell, and the wisdom of God calls upon him to turn and live.
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- Repent
- Scriptures
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- Holy Spirit
- Repentance
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- For
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:11
Hebrew
שַׁבְתִּי וְרָאֹה תַֽחַת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּי לֹא לַקַּלִּים הַמֵּרוֹץ וְלֹא לַגִּבּוֹרִים הַמִּלְחָמָה וְגַם לֹא לַחֲכָמִים לֶחֶם וְגַם לֹא לַנְּבֹנִים עֹשֶׁר וְגַם לֹא לַיֹּדְעִים חֵן כִּי־עֵת וָפֶגַע יִקְרֶה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃shavetiy-vera'oh-tachat-hashemesh-khiy-lo'-laqaliym-hamervotz-velo'-lagivvoriym-hamilechamah-vegam-lo'-lachakhamiym-lechem-vegam-lo'-lanevoniym-'osher-vegam-lo'-layode'iym-chen-khiy-'et-vafega'-yiqereh-'et-khulam
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
ASV: 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
YLT: I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
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Verse 11 The race is not to the swift - It is not by swiftness, nor by strength and valor, that races are gained and battles won. God causes the lame often to take the prey, the prize; and so works that the weak overthrow the strong; therefore, no man should confide in himself. All things are under the government, and at the disposal of God. But time and chance - עת eth, time or opportunity, and פגע pega, incident or occurrence: - Happeneth to them all - Every man has what may be called time and space to act in, and opportunity to do a particular work. But in this Time and Opportunity there is Incident, what may fall in; and Occurrence, what may meet and frustrate an attempt. These things should be wisely weighed, and seriously balanced; for those four things belong to every human action. While you have Time, seek an Opportunity to do what is right; but calculate on hinderances and oppositions, because time and opportunity have their Incident and Occurrence. Coverdale translates this verse well: "I sawe that in runnynge, it helpeth not to be swift; in batayll, it helpeth not to be stronge; to fedynge, it helpeth not to be wyse; to riches, it helpeth not to be sutyll; to be had in favoure, it helpeth not to be connynge; but that all lyeth in time and fortune."
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 c...'. 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 9:12
Hebrew
כִּי גַּם לֹֽא־יֵדַע הָאָדָם אֶת־עִתּוֹ כַּדָּגִים שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים בִּמְצוֹדָה רָעָה וְכַצִּפֳּרִים הָאֲחֻזוֹת בַּפָּח כָּהֵם יֽוּקָשִׁים בְּנֵי הָֽאָדָם לְעֵת רָעָה כְּשֶׁתִּפּוֹל עֲלֵיהֶם פִּתְאֹֽם׃khiy-gam-lo'-yeda'-ha'adam-'et-'itvo-khadagiym-shene'echaziym-vimetzvodah-ra'ah-vekhatziforiym-ha'achuzvot-vafach-khahem-yvqashiym-veney-ha'adam-le'et-ra'ah-kheshetifvol-'aleyhem-fite'om
KJV: 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.
AKJV: For man also knows 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 falls suddenly on them. ¶
ASV: 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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
YLT: For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these are the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
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Verse 12 As the birds that are caught - Man acts so heedlessly, notwithstanding all his wisdom, and all his warnings, that he is often taken, as a fish is, by the baited hook; and the bird by the baited snare. And thus, an evil time, like the snare, gin, trap, hook, falleth suddenly upon them; and they are taken in a moment, and have no means of escaping. How frequently do we see these comparisons illustrated!
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:13
Hebrew
גַּם־זֹה רָאִיתִי חָכְמָה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וּגְדוֹלָה הִיא אֵלָֽי׃gam-zoh-ra'iytiy-chakhemah-tachat-hashamesh-vgedvolah-hiy'-'elay
KJV: This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
AKJV: This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
ASV: I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
YLT: This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
Ecclesiastes 9:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:13
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:'. 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 9:14
Hebrew
עִיר קְטַנָּה וַאֲנָשִׁים בָּהּ מְעָט וּבָֽא־אֵלֶיהָ מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל וְסָבַב אֹתָהּ וּבָנָה עָלֶיהָ מְצוֹדִים גְּדֹלִֽים׃'iyr-qetanah-va'anashiym-vah-me'at-vva'-'eleyha-melekhe-gadvol-vesavav-'otah-vvanah-'aleyha-metzvodiym-gedoliym
KJV: 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:
AKJV: 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:
ASV: 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.
YLT: A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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Verse 14 There was a little city, and few men within it - Here is another proof of the vanity of sublunary things; the ingratitude of men, and the little compensation that genuine merit receives. The little history mentioned here may have either been a fact, or intended as an instructive fable. A little city, with few to defend it, being besieged by a great king and a powerful army, was delivered by the cunning and address on a poor wise man; and afterwards his townsmen forgot their obligation to him. Those who spiritualize this passage, making the little city the Church, the few men the Apostles, the great king the Devil, and the poor wise man Jesus Christ, abuse the text. But the Targum is not less whimsical: "The little city is the human body; few men in it, few good affections to work righteousness; the great king, evil concupiscence, which, like a strong and powerful king, enters into the body to oppress it, and besieges the heart so as to cause it to err; built great bulwarks against it - evil concupiscence builds his throne in it wheresoever he wills, and causes it to decline from the ways that are right before God; that it may be taken in the greatest nets of hell, that he may burn it seven times, because of its sins. But there is found in it a poor wise man - a good, wise, and holy affection, which prevails over the evil principle, and snatches the body from the judgment of hell, by the strength of its wisdom. Yet, after this deliverance, the man did not remember what the good principle had done for him; but said in his heart, I am innocent," etc. What a wonderful text has this been in the hands of many a modern Targumist; and with what force have the Keachonians preached Christ crucified from it! Such a passage as this receives a fine illustration from the case of Archimedes saving the city of Syracuse from all the Roman forces besieging it by sea ana land. He destroyed their ships by his burning-glasses, lifted up their galleys out of the water by his machines, dashing some to pieces, and sinking others. One man's wisdom here prevailed for a long time against the most powerful exertions of a mighty nation. In this case, wisdom far exceeded strength. But was not Syracuse taken, notwithstanding the exertions of this poor wise man? No. But it was betrayed by the baseness of Mericus, a Spaniard, one of the Syracusan generals. He delivered the whole district he commanded into the hands of Marcellus, the Roman consul, Archimedes having defeated every attempt made by the Romans, either by sea or land: yet he commanded no company of men, made no sorties, but confounded and destroyed them by his machines. This happened about 208 years before Christ, and nearly about the time in which those who do not consider Solomon as the author suppose this book to have been written. This wise man was not remembered; he was slain by a Roman soldier while deeply engaged in demonstrating a new problem, in order to his farther operations against the enemies of his country. See Plutarch, and the historians of this Syracusan war. When Alexander the Great was about to destroy the city Lampsacus, his old master Anaximenes came out to meet him. Alexander, suspecting his design, that he would intercede for the city, being determined to destroy it, swore that he would not grant him any thing he should ask. Then said Anaximenes, "I desire that you will destroy this city." Alexander respected his oath, and the city was spared. Thus, says Valerius Mancimus, the narrator, (lib. 7: c. iii., No. 4. Extern)., by this sudden turn of sagacity, this ancient and noble city was preserved from the destruction by which it was threatened. "Haec velocitas sagacitatis oppidum vetusta nobilitate inclytum exitio, cui destinatum erat, subtraxit." A stratagem of Jaddua, the high priest, was the means of preserving Jerusalem from being destroyed by Alexander, who, incensed because they had assisted the inhabitants of Gaza when he besieged it, as soon as he had reduced it, marched against Jerusalem, with the determination to raze it to the ground; but Jaddua and his priests in their sacerdotal robes, meeting him on the way, he was so struck with their appearance that he not only prostrated himself before the high priest, and spared the city, but also granted it some remarkable privileges. But the case of Archimedes and Syracuse is the most striking and appropriate in all its parts. That of Anaximenes and Lampsacus is also highly illustrative of the maxim of the wise man: "Wisdom is better than strength."
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- Anaximenes
- Thus
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- Jaddua
- Jerusalem
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. 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 9:15
Hebrew
וּמָצָא בָהּ אִישׁ מִסְכֵּן חָכָם וּמִלַּט־הוּא אֶת־הָעִיר בְּחָכְמָתוֹ וְאָדָם לֹא זָכַר אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּן הַהּֽוּא׃vmatza'-vah-'iysh-misekhen-chakham-vmilat-hv'-'et-ha'iyr-vechakhematvo-ve'adam-lo'-zakhar-'et-ha'iysh-hamisekhen-hahv'
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: 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.
YLT: and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
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Ecclesiastes 9:15
Ecclesiastes 9:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ecclesiastes 9:15
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- Ecclesiastes 9:15
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. 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 9:16
Hebrew
וְאָמַרְתִּי אָנִי טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִגְּבוּרָה וְחָכְמַת הַמִּסְכֵּן בְּזוּיָה וּדְבָרָיו אֵינָם נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃ve'amaretiy-'aniy-tvovah-chakhemah-migevvrah-vechakhemat-hamisekhen-vezvyah-vdevarayv-'eynam-nishema'iym
KJV: Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
AKJV: Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
ASV: Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
YLT: And I said, `Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:16Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Verse 16 The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard - I cannot help pursuing this illustration a little farther. The soldier who found Archimedes busily employed in drawing figures upon the sand, put to him some impertinent question, withal rudely obtruding himself on his operations. To whom this wonderful mathematician replied, "Stand off, soldier, and do not spoil my diagram;" on which the bloody savage struck him dead!
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Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 9:16
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.'. 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 9:17
Hebrew
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים בְּנַחַת נִשְׁמָעִים מִזַּעֲקַת מוֹשֵׁל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃diverey-chakhamiym-venachat-nishema'iym-miza'aqat-mvoshel-vakhesiyliym
KJV: The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
AKJV: The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
ASV: The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
YLT: The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:17Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 9:17
Verse 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet - In the tumult of war the words of Archimedes were not heard; and his life was lost.
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.'. 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 9:18
Hebrew
טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִכְּלֵי קְרָב וְחוֹטֶא אֶחָד יְאַבֵּד טוֹבָה הַרְבֵּֽה׃tvovah-chakhemah-mikheley-qerav-vechvote'-'echad-ye'aved-tvovah-hareveh
KJV: Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
AKJV: Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.
ASV: Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
YLT: Better is wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 9:18Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Verse 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war - So proved in the case of Archimedes. But one sinner - Such as the Roman butcher above mentioned. Destroyeth much good - Such as were the life and skill of the Syracusan mathematician. One sinner has often injured the work of God; one stumbling-block has sometimes destroyed a revival of religion. Sin acts like a ferment; whatever comes in contact with it, it assimilates to itself.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 9:18
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Archimedes
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 9:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much 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.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:1
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
- Ecclesiastes 9:4
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
- Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
- Ecclesiastes 9:8
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
- Ecclesiastes 9:13
- Ecclesiastes 9:14
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
- Ecclesiastes 9:16
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
- Ecclesiastes 9:18
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ovid
- And
- Vulgate
- What
- Great
- Providence
- Targum
- Ray
- Jesus
- How
- Why
- Repent
- Scriptures
- Lord Jesus
- Holy Spirit
- Repentance
- Faith
- For
- Therefore
- Incident
- Occurrence
- Time
- Church
- Apostles
- Devil
- Jesus Christ
- Yet
- Targumist
- No
- Mericus
- Spaniard
- Marcellus
- Romans
- Christ
- See Plutarch
- Lampsacus
- Alexander
- Anaximenes
- Thus
- Valerius Mancimus
- Jaddua
- Jerusalem
- Archimedes
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Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 9:1
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Ecclesiastes 9:1
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