Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 9:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 9:5 - 9:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 9:5 - 9:5

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15
9:16 - 9:16
9:17 - 9:17
9:18 - 9:18

know that they shall die - and may thereby be led “so to number their days, that they may apply their hearts to wisdom” (Ecc 7:1-4; Psa 90:12).

dead know not anything - that is, so far as their bodily senses and worldly affairs are concerned (Job 14:21; Isa 63:16); also, they know no door of repentance open to them, such as is to all on earth.

neither ... reward - no advantage from their worldly labors (Ecc 2:18-22; Ecc 4:9).

memory - not of the righteous (Psa 112:6; Mal 3:16), but the wicked, who with all the pains to perpetuate their names (Psa 49:11) are soon “forgotten” (Ecc 8:10).