Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. Sorrow; or, as it is rendered in the margin, and by divers others, anger; a passion to which men are most prone in the heat of youth; whereby he may understand either anger against him for this sharp admonition; or rather against God, who hath laid such severe restraints upon them, and threatens such punishments to them for following their own natural inclinations. evening--early and late; when young and when old; in sunshine and under clouds. (a) "ortus" Junius & Tremellius; "aurora", Cocceius, Gejerus, so Aben Ezra and Ben Melech; "dies nigredinis pili"; so the Targum, and Abendana.
If the young would live a life of true happiness, if they would secure happiness hereafter, let them remember their Creator in the days of their youth. Why Jesus did not make miracles in the presence of Pontius Pilatus and High Jewish religious priests. Ecclesiastes 11:10 NLT. Ecclesiastes 11:10 (KJV) Evil — All evil desires, tho' now they seem good to thee. tree--Once the storm uproots it, it lies either northward or southward, according as it fell. Evil; all evil concupiscences or lusts, which though now they seem good to thee, will another day appear to be very evil and bitter things. Too many people have been convinced that joy or happiness can only be found in that which is forbidden by God. (i) That is, anger and envy. Young men are frothy, and foolish, and inconsiderate, whereby they run into manifold dangers, and therefore they shall do well to hearken to the counsels of those who by their greater wisdom and experience are more capable judges of these matters. "E.W. Verses 7-10 Life is sweet to bad men, because they have their portion in this life; it is sweet to good men, because it is the time of preparation for a better; it is sweet to all. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/ecclesiastes-11.html. In their condition. . Youth - Hebrew, Shakaruth; literally, the dawn of thy days. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/ecclesiastes-11.html. MY soul! They are not vanity because they are undesirable or worthless, or anything like that, they are vanity in the sense that they are fleeting; they soon pass away. So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh; For youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:10 (RHE) This cannot mean that they are vanity in the sense of Solomon's earlier uses of that term in Ecclesiastes. Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting. bread--bread corn. Worldly sorrow, as opposed to lawful mirth and cheerfulness, and especially to spiritual joy: or "anger"F26כעס "iram", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus; "indignationem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; "God's anger", Broughton. bones . 1983-1999. II., Midrash under Lamentations 2:11, is = שׁחרוּת , but without right; ben - tishhorěth is used for a grown-up son in full manly strength.). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/heg/ecclesiastes-11.html. "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". [17] The scriptural text that develops this extends through Ecclesiastes 12:7, "Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.". BibliographyHengstenberg, Ernst. 8. Remove anxiety from your heart, banish pain from your body, because youth and the dawn of life are pointless too. If they would avoid remorse and terror, if they would have hope and comfort on a dying bed, if they would escape misery here and hereafter, let them remember the vanity of youthful pleasures.
"Commentary on Ecclesiastes 11:10". waters--image from the custom of sowing seed by casting it from boats into the overflowing waters of the Nile, or in any marshy ground. Youth.—The word occurs not elsewhere in the Old Testament; but nearly the same word is used of black hair in Leviticus 13:37; Song of Solomon 5:11. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/ecclesiastes-11.html.
childhood — rather, “boyhood”; the same Hebrew word as the first, “youth” in Ecclesiastes 11:9.
Ecclesiastes 11:10. Any person who has lived a normal lifetime has seen it happen a hundred times! Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days. It marks the gradual progress in self-indulgence, to which the young especially are prone; they see the roses, but do not discover the thorns, until pierced by them.