The New American Standard Bible
Book of Ecclesiastes
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:1 JFB -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Entry for 3:1 WEN -> Notes on 3:1 NTB -> God (continued); Instruction; Life; Philosophy TTT -> Time 3:1 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time R62 for every event F36 under heaven--
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:2 JFB -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Entry for 3:2 WEN -> Notes on 3:2 NTB -> Death 3:2 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to give birth and a time R63 to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:3 JFB -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Entry for 3:3 WEN -> Notes on 3:3 3:3 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time R64 to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:4 JFB -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Entry for 3:4 WEN -> Notes on 3:4 NTB -> Dancing; Laughter EBD -> Dance SBD -> Dance 3:4 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to weep R65 and a time to laugh; R66 A time to mourn and a time to dance. R67
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:5 JFB -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Entry for 3:5 WEN -> Notes on 3:5 3:5 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:6 JFB -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Entry for 3:6 WEN -> Notes on 3:6 3:6 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Speaking; Tongue 3:7 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be R68 silent and a time to speak.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Nation TTT -> War 3:8 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A time to love and a time to hate; R69 A time for war and a time for peace.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 3:9 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] What R70 profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> God (continued) 3:10 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I have seen the task R71 which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:11 JFB -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Entry for 3:11 WEN -> Notes on 3:11 NTB -> God; God (continued); Ignorance; Power TTT -> Power of God, The 3:11 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] He has made R72 everything appropriate F37 in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet F38 so that man will R73 not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:12 JFB -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Entry for 3:12 WEN -> Notes on 3:12 NTB -> Contentment; Happiness TTT -> Life, Natural 3:12 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I know that there is nothing R74 better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime;
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:13 JFB -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Entry for 3:13 WEN -> Notes on 3:13 NTB -> Contentment; Gifts From God; God (continued); Happiness TTT -> Gifts of God, The 3:13 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor--it is the gift R75 of God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> Fear Of God; God; God (continued) 3:14 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has {so} worked that men should fear F39 R76 Him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> God; God (continued) 3:15 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] That which R77 is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Injustice; Justice; Rulers TTT -> Injustice 3:16 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Furthermore, I have seen under the sun {that} in the place of justice there is wickedness R78 and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> God (continued); Judgment; Justice; Rulers TTT -> Judgment, The; Time 3:17 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I said to F40 myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time R79 for every matter F41 and for every deed is there.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:18 JFB -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Entry for 3:18 WEN -> Notes on 3:18 NTB -> Animals; Wicked (People) TTT -> Beasts EBD -> Beast 3:18 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I said to F42 myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." R80
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:19 JFB -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Entry for 3:19 WEN -> Notes on 3:19 NTB -> Animals; Death TTT -> Beasts 3:19 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] For R81 the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is F43 the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. F44
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:20 JFB -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Entry for 3:20 WEN -> Notes on 3:20 NTB -> Animals; Corruption; Death; Dust; Man 3:20 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] All go to the same place. All came from the dust R82 and all return to the dust.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:21 JFB -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Entry for 3:21 WEN -> Notes on 3:21 NTB -> Animals; Death; Immortality; Man 3:21 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Who knows that the breath R83 of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:22 JFB -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:22 TSK -> Commentary on 3:22 TSK -> Entry for 3:22 WEN -> Notes on 3:22 NTB -> Happiness 3:22 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I have seen that nothing R84 is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what R85 will occur after him?
FOOTNOTES: F36: Lit delight F37: Lit beautiful F38: Or without which man F39: Or be in awe before Him F40: Lit in my heart F41: Or delight F42: Lit in my heart F43: Lit and they have one fate F44: Or futility F37: Lit Sprout F38: Lit sprout up F39: Lit of them F40: I.e. Josiah F41: Lit build in F42: Lit his F43: Lit soften the face of F44: Lit abstaining; or dedicating myself
CROSS REFERENCES: R62: Job 27:16,17; Proverbs 13:22 R63: Ecclesiastes 1:14 R64: Ecclesiastes 3:17; 8:6 R65: Job 14:5; Hebrews 9:27 R66: Genesis 9:6; 1 Samuel 2:6; Hosea 6:1,2 R67: Romans 12:15 R68: Psalms 126:2 R69: Exodus 15:20 R70: Amos 5:13 R71: Psalms 101:3; Proverbs 13:5 R72: Ecclesiastes 1:3; 2:11; 5:16 R73: Ecclesiastes 1:13; 2:26 R74: Genesis 1:31 R75: Job 5:9; Ecclesiastes 7:23; 8:17; Romans 11:33 R76: Ecclesiastes 2:24 R77: Ecclesiastes 2:24; 5:19 R78: Ecclesiastes 5:7; 7:18; 8:12,13; 12:13 R79: Ecclesiastes 1:9; 6:10 R80: Ecclesiastes 4:1; 5:8; 8:9 R81: Genesis 18:25; Psalms 96:13; 98:9; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Matthew 16:27; Romans 2:6-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 R82: Ecclesiastes 3:1; 8:6 R83: Psalms 49:12,20; 73:22 R84: Psalms 49:12; Ecclesiastes 9:12 R85: Genesis 3:19; Psalms 103:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7 R63: Zechariah 2:9 R64: Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 33:12; Jeremiah 10:16 R65: 2 Chronicles 6:6; Psalms 132:13,14; Zechariah 1:17 R66: Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7 R67: Psalms 78:65; Isaiah 51:9 R68: Ezra 5:2; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 6:11 R69: 1 Chronicles 21:1; Job 1:6; Psalms 109:6; Revelation 12:10 R70: Mark 9:25; Jude 1:9 R71: Zechariah 2:12 R72: Amos 4:11; Jude 1:23 R73: Ezra 9:15; Isaiah 4:4; 64:6 R74: Isaiah 43:25; Ezekiel 36:25 R75: Micah 7:18,19; Zechariah 3:9 R76: Isaiah 52:1; 61:10 R77: Job 29:14; Isaiah 3:23 R78: 1 Kings 3:14 R79: Deuteronomy 17:9,12 R80: Isaiah 62:9 R81: Isaiah 8:18; 20:3; Ezekiel 12:11 R82: Isaiah 11:1; 53:2; Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15; Zechariah 6:12 R83: Zechariah 4:10 R84: Jeremiah 31:34; 50:20; Zechariah 3:4 R85: 1 Kings 4:25; Isaiah 36:16; Micah 4:4

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - The New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995; Audio Recording Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, (P) 1989 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For usage information, please read the NASB Copyright Statement.