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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11:10 - 11:10
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sorrow - that is, the lusts that end in “sorrow,” opposed to “rejoice,” and “heart cheer thee” (Ecc 11:9), Margin, “anger,” that is, all “ways of thine heart”; “remove,” etc., is thus opposed to “walk in,” etc. (Ecc 11:9).
flesh - the bodily organ by which the sensual thoughts of the “heart” are embodied in acts.
childhood - rather, “boyhood”; the same Hebrew word as the first, “youth” in Ecc 11:9. A motive for self-restraint; the time is coming when the vigor of youth on which thou reliest, will seem vain, except in so far as it has been given to God (Ecc 12:1).
youth - literally, the dawn of thy days.