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Ecclesiastes 12:9-11
The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:9-11
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:1-14EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:8-14Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY. These are the words of one that could speak by dear-bought experience of the vanity of the world, which can do nothing to ease men of the burden of sin. As he…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Conclusion of the WholeTHE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE. Solomon is here drawing towards a close, and is loth to part till he has gained his point, and prevailed with his hearers, with his readers, to seek for that satisfaction in God only and in…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:8-12The epilogue. The sentence, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity!" with which the Book of Ecclesiastes opened, is found here at its close. And doubtless to many .it will seem disappointing that it should follow so hard up…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:9-11The religious thinker and teacher. The author of this book was himself a profound thinker and an earnest teacher, and it is evident that his great aim was to use his gifts of observation, meditation, and discourse for t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:9-14THE EPILOGUE. This contains some observations commendatory of the author, explaining his standpoint and the object of the book, the great conclusion to which it leads.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover; וְיֹתֵר; καὶ περισσόν; rather, with the following שֵׁ, besides that. The Preacher was wise. If we render "because the Preacher was wise," we are making an unnecessary statement, as the whole book has dem…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:9-12The function of the teacher. 1. The wise man, because he is wise (verse 9), teaches. There is no better, no other thing that he can do, both for his own sake and for the sake of his fellow-men. To know and not to speak…Joseph S. Exell and contributors