Eclesiastés 1:1-18 NVI

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.Is not full — So as to overflow the earth. Whereby also he intimates the emptiness of mens minds, notwithstanding all the abundance of creature comforts.Rivers come — Unto the earth in general, from whence they come or flow into the sea, and to which they return by the reflux of the sea. For he seems to speak of the visible and constant motion of the waters, both to... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.All things — Not only the sun, and winds, and rivers, but all other creatures.Labour — They are in continual restlessness and change, never abiding in the same state.Is not satisfied — As there are many things in the world vexatious to men, so even those things which are comfortable, are not satisfactory, but men are constantly desiring some longer continuance or fuller... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:9

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.There is — There is nothing in the world but a continued and tiresome repetition of the same things. The nature and course of the beings and affairs of the world, and the tempers of men, are the same that they ever were and shall ever be; and therefore, because no man ever yet received satisfaction from worldly things, it is vain for any person... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.No remembrance — This seems to be added to prevent the objection, There are many inventions and enjoyments unknown to former ages. To this he answers, This objection is grounded only upon our ignorance of ancient times which if we exactly knew or remembered, we should easily find parallels to all present occurrences. There are many thousands of remarkable... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:12

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.I was king — Having asserted the vanity of all things in the general, he now comes to prove his assertion in those particulars wherein men commonly seek, and with greatest probability expect to find, true happiness. He begins with secular wisdom. And to shew how competent a judge he was of this matter, he lays down this character, That he was the preacher, which implies eminent knowledge; and a king, who therefore had all imaginable... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.I gave my heart — Which phrase denotes his serious and fixed purpose, and his great industry in it.To search — To seek diligently and accurately.By wisdom — By the help of that wisdom wherewith God had endowed me.Concerning — Concerning all the works of God and men in this lower world; the works of nature; the works... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.Seen — Diligently observed.Vanity — Not only unsatisfying, but also an affliction or breaking to a man's spirit. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.Crooked — All our knowledge serves only to discover our miseries, but is utterly insufficient to remove them; it cannot rectify those disorders which are either in our own hearts and lives, or in the men and things of the world.Wanting — In our knowledge. Or, counted out to us from the treasures of human learning. But what is wanting, will still be so. And that which is wanting in our own knowledge, is... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:16

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.Communed — I considered within myself.Great — In wisdom.Have gotten — As I had a large stock of wisdom infused into me by God, so I have greatly improved it by conversation, and study, and experience.Than all — Whether governors, or priests, or private persons.In Jerusalem — Which was... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.To know — That I might throughly understand the nature and difference of truth and error, of virtue and vice. read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:8

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:11

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:12

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:13

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:14

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:15

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:16

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 1:17

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