Ecclesiastes 2:24
better <02896> [nothing.]
better .................. perceived <07200 02896 05315> [make his soul enjoy good. or, delight his senses. that it.]
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
happy <08055> [but.]
Ecclesiastes 3:22
better <02896> [nothing.]
show <0935> [who.]
Ecclesiastes 8:15
recommend <07623> [Then I.]
Some consider this as the cavil of an infidel objector, equivalent to the Epicurean maxim, {Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas,} "Eat, drink, and play; there is no pleasure after death." But it may be regarded as a recommendation of a moderate use of worldly things, with a cheerful and contented mind; which may justly be considered as the greatest advantage which can be made of all below the sun: and amidst all changes, such a frame of mind, if the result of right principles, may and ought to be preserved; and it will be the recompence and solace of all our labours and toils.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
<03212> [Go.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
God <0430> [for.]
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice <08055> [Rejoice.]
young <03208> [in thy youth.]
Follow <01980> [walk.]
desires <04758> [in the sight.]
know <03045> [know.]
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send <07971> [Cast.]
That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: "Vain are the favours done to vicious men; Not vainer 'tis to sow the foaming deep. The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford, Nor will the wicked ever make return." "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea." These, indeed, invert this precept; nor is it extraordinary that they should; "The one, frail human power alone produced, The other, God."
grain <03899> [thy bread.]
overseas <04325> [waters. Heb. face of the waters.]
return <04672> [for.]
