John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 9:11
Ecc 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Ver. 11. That the race is not to the swift. ] Here the Preacher proverb - what he had found true by experience - by the event of men’s endeavours, often frustrated, that nothing is in our power, but all carried on by a Providence, which oft... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 9:11
Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.The client of things not always answerable to second causesThere are some persons so slothful in their own affairs, so hardly prevailed upon to undertake anything that requires labour, so easily discouraged by any appearance of ill success, or so heedless and inactive in the prosecution of whatever they are about; as if they were of opinion, even in temporal matters, what in some... read more