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Text -- Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 (NET)
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Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present
11:1 Send your grain overseas , for after many days you will get a return .
11:2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth .
11:3 If the clouds are full of rain , they will empty themselves on the earth , and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north , the tree will lie wherever it falls .
11:4 He who watches the wind will not sow , and he who observes the clouds will not reap .
11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind , or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything .
11:6 Sow your seed in the morning , and do not stop working until the evening ; for you do not know which activity will succeed – whether this one or that one , or whether both will prosper equally.
Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable
11:7 Light is sweet , and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun .
11:8 So , if a man lives many years , let him rejoice in them all , but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many – all that is about to come is obscure .
Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God
11:9 Rejoice , young man , while you are young , and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth . Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes , but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
11:10 Banish emotional stress from your mind . and put away pain from your body ; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting .
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Instruction |
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Liberality |
Death |
Joy |
God |
Industry |
WISDOM |
Worldliness |
Seven |
CHEER; CHEERFULNESS |
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Vanity |
Sower |
Judgment |
Seed |
Sensuality |
Faith |
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NET Notes -> Ecc 11:1; Ecc 11:1; Ecc 11:1; Ecc 11:1; Ecc 11:2; Ecc 11:2; Ecc 11:2; Ecc 11:2; Ecc 11:2; Ecc 11:4; Ecc 11:5; Ecc 11:5; Ecc 11:5; Ecc 11:6; Ecc 11:6; Ecc 11:6; Ecc 11:6; Ecc 11:6; Ecc 11:7; Ecc 11:7; Ecc 11:7; Ecc 11:7; Ecc 11:8; Ecc 11:8; Ecc 11:9; Ecc 11:9; Ecc 11:9; Ecc 11:9; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10; Ecc 11:10
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NET Notes: Ecc 11:4 This proverb criticizes those who are overly cautious. The farmer who waits for the most opportune moment to plant when there is no wind to blow away ...
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NET Notes: Ecc 11:8 The term הֶבֶל (hevel) here means “obscure,” that is, unknown. This sense is derived from the literal concep...
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NET Notes: Ecc 11:9 Heb “and know that concerning all these God will bring you into judgment.” The point is not that following one’s impulses and desire...
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