New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15
91WhatH4100 profitH3504 is there to the workerH6213 from that in whichH834 he toilsH6001? 10I have seenH7200 the 2taskH6045 whichH834 GodH430 has givenH5414 the sonsH1121 of menH120 with which to occupyH6030 themselves. 11He has 3madeH6213 everythingH3605 4appropriateH3303 in its timeH6256. He has alsoH1571 setH5414 eternityH5769 in their heartH3820, 5yetH1097 soH1097 that manH120 6will not findH4672 out the workH4639 whichH834 GodH430 has doneH6213 from the beginningH7218 even to the endH5490.
12I knowH3045 that thereH369 is 7nothingH369 betterH2896 for them thanH3588H518 to rejoiceH8055 and to doH6213 goodH2896 in one’s lifetimeH2425; 13moreoverH1571, that everyH3605 manH120 whoH7945 eatsH398 and drinksH8354 seesH7200 goodH2896 in allH3605 his laborH5999--it is the 8giftH4991 of GodH430. 14I knowH3045 that everythingH3605H834 GodH430 doesH6213 will remainH1961 foreverH5769; thereH369 is nothingH369 to addH3254 to it and thereH369 is nothingH369 to takeH1639 from it, for GodH430 has so workedH6213 that men should 910fearH3372 Him. 15That 11whichH4100H7945 is has beenH1961 alreadyH3528 and that whichH834 will be has alreadyH3528 beenH1961, for GodH430 seeksH1245 what has passedH7291 by.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 3:9 Eccl 1:3; 2:11; 5:16 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Eccl 1:13; 2:26 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Gen 1:31 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Lit beautiful ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or without which man ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Job 5:9; Eccl 7:23; 8:17; Rom 11:33 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Eccl 2:24 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 3:13 Eccl 2:24; 5:19 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Or be in awe before Him ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Eccl 5:7; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Eccl 1:9; 6:10 ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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