传道书 3:11

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9:0., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandmen, the shepherds, and the gardeners divided: the text refers to the actions of men. Ecclesiastes 3:11 . He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh. “Que l’ homme puisse comprendre l’ œuvre que Dieu a faite,” that man may comprehend the work... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 3:9-11

Ecclesiastes 3:9-11What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?Autumn musingsAutumn is a time which has its meaning, as well as its appropriate duties. Its deep suggestiveness is written upon the sombre grandeur of its sunsets, upon the awful death with which it smites the foliage and blasts the flowers, is borne in upon us by the dreariness and waste it spreads around. Its duty of ingathering, of estimating results, is written upon its harvests and fruition. “The end of all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 3:11

Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made everything beautiful in His time.BeautyHow rich are the traits and manifestations of man’s creative genius! Think of the vast number and diversity of gorgeous and attractive forms, with which descriptive and imaginative talent has enriched the literature of all ages. And the fruits of mental toil in all times, from the rude lyric of the savage to the rounded and polished productions of the most advanced culture, how redolent of beauty,--how thickly studded with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:11

Ecc 3:11 He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ver. 11. He hath made everything beautiful, a &c.] Plato was wont to say that God did always γεωμετρειν - work by geometry. Another sage said, Pondere, mensura, numero, Deus omnia fecit, God hath done all in number, weight, and measure; made and set all things in comely and curious order and equipage; he... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 3:11

hath made: Ecclesiastes 7:29, Genesis 1:31, Deuteronomy 32:4, Mark 7:37 also: Matthew 13:22, Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20, Romans 1:28 so: Ecclesiastes 8:17, Job 11:7, Job 37:23, Psalms 104:24, Matthew 11:27, Romans 11:33 Reciprocal: Job 9:10 - great things Job 37:5 - great Psalms 111:2 - sought Ecclesiastes 3:22 - nothing Ecclesiastes 8:6 - to every Song of Solomon 2:11 - General Isaiah 22:12 - call Mark 4:28 - first read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.He hath — This seems to be added as at apology for God's providence, notwithstanding all the contrary events and confusions which are in the world. He hath made (or doth make or do, by his providence in the government of the world) every thing (which he doth either immediately, or by the ministry of men, or other... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:11

11. Made every thing beautiful Koheleth’s inference as to God’s scheme for man warms into poetic beauty. Every item of it is “beautiful” in its intended place and order. The word rendered world is the only Hebrew word for unmeasured time, that is, eternity. Many various views have been given on this word. Some excellent scholars have thought it should have been a word now found in the Arabic, elem, meaning intelligence, instead of ‘ holam. But the simplest is here the best. God... read more