Ecclesiastes 12

Jesus was called teacher. Abraham, Moses, and Jesus were all teaching the people The Way of God and His righteousness. Jesus came to take the kingdom from those who were teaching something different from Moses and appointed it to the Apostles so that they would bear fruit and the world might be saved through repentance.
Comments
V1 Creator occurs as a Divine name in Isaiah 40:23; Isaiah 44:15 and we should remember that we were created by Him.
V2-5 When the things of age approach and the end of life at its symptoms assure us that we will go to out long home and with the mourners who go about in the street;
V6 And the silver cord be loosed to shake off this mortal coil;
V7 we will return to dust and "the spirit shall return unto God^[1] who gave it."
V8 Is a repeat of the beginning premise that all vanity is vanity
V9 Yet the preacher/teacher taught
V10 He struggled to find the right words to communicate the wisdom of righteousness and the vanity of evil.^[2]
V11 The words <01697> of the wise [are] as goads(כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת)^[3] and well driven nails(וּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹת)^[4].
V12 but just studying is a weariness of the flesh and the making of books there is no end.
V13 What is the conclusion: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man... which includes pure Religion.
V14 God shall bring every work^[5] into judgment, good or bad
What are the good?
What are the bad?
[[1]]

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree^[6] shall flourish^[7], and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Silver cord

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Spirit returns

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Preacher seeks his duty

9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

The Goad

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies(gathered/collection), which are given from one shepherd.

12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The conclusion and call of duty

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Every work jugged

14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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0430 םיהלא AlefLamedHeyYodMem ‘elohiym el-o-heem’ plural of 0433; n m p; {See TWOT on 93 @@ "93c" } AV-God 2346, god 244, judge 5, GOD 1, goddess 2, great 2, mighty 2, angels 1, exceeding 1, God-ward + 04136 1, godly 1; 2606
1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges

1b) divine ones

1c) angels

1d) gods

2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess

2b) godlike one

2c) works or special possessions of God

2d) the (true) God

2e) God
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די Yod Dalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- See also 03068 יְהוָֹה‎ Yëhovah and 0136 אֲדֹנָי‎ ‘Adonay Genesis 15:2
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07451 ^ער^ ra‘ ReishAyin \@rah\@ or fem. ^הער^ ra‘ah from 07489 the verb 07490 (Aramic)ReishAyinAyin evil (to crush); AV-evil 442, wickedness 59, wicked 25, mischief 21, hurt 20, bad 13, trouble 10, sore 9, affliction 6, ill 5, adversity 4, favoured 3, harm 3, naught 3, noisome 2, grievous 2, sad 2, misc 34; 663
adj

1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant

1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

1c) evil, displeasing

1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)

1e) bad (of value)

1f) worse than, worst (comparison)

1g) sad, unhappy

1h) evil (hurtful)

1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts

1j2) deeds, actions

n m

2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity

2b) evil, injury, wrong

2c) evil (ethical)

n f

3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress

3b) evil, injury, wrong

3c) evil (ethical)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
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01861 דָּרְבוֹן‎ dorbown [dor-bone’[] also dor-bawn’] of uncertain derivation; n m/n f; [BDB-201b] [{See TWOT on 451 @@ "451a" }] [{See TWOT on 451 @@ "451b" }] AV-goad 2; 2
1) goad
- a goad was an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen.
↑ 04930 מַשְׂמְרָה‎ masmërah [mas-mer-aw’] for 04548מַסְמֵר‎ macmer; n f; [BDB-702b] [{See TWOT on 1518 @@ "1518b" }] AV-nail 1; 1
1) nail
↑ James 2:14 What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?...17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.... 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
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08247 שָׁקֵד‎ shaqed [shaw-kade’] from 08245 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad to wake, watch, awake, be alert; n m; [BDB-1052a] [{See TWOT on 2451 @@ "2451a" }] AV-almond 2, almond tree 2; 4
1) almond tree, almonds
1a) almond (the nut)

1b) almond-tree
- See also 08244 שָׂקַד‎ saqad to bind, bind on, (Lamentations 1:14)
- 08245 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad to wake, watch... be alert, (Ecclesiastes 12:5)
- 08246 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad cup shaped like a blossom.
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05006 נָאַץ‎ na’ats \@naw-ats’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-despise 8, provoke 5, abhor 4, blaspheme 4, contemn 2, flourish 1, great occasion to blaspheme 1; 25
1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn

1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn

1b2) to cause to contemn

1c) (Hiphil) to spurn

1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned
- See Ecclesiastes 12:5

[elohiym-1] 0430 םיהלא AlefLamedHeyYodMem ‘elohiym el-o-heem’ plural of 0433; n m p; {See TWOT on 93 @@ "93c" } AV-God 2346, god 244, judge 5, GOD 1, goddess 2, great 2, mighty 2, angels 1, exceeding 1, God-ward + 04136 1, godly 1; 2606
1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges

1b) divine ones

1c) angels

1d) gods

2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess

2b) godlike one

2c) works or special possessions of God

2d) the (true) God

2e) God

א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)

ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די Yod Dalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)

ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)

מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

See also 03068 יְהוָֹה‎ Yëhovah and 0136 אֲדֹנָי‎ ‘Adonay Genesis 15:2

[2] א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)

[3] ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די Yod Dalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)

[4] ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[5] י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)

[6] מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

[7] See also 03068 יְהוָֹה‎ Yëhovah and 0136 אֲדֹנָי‎ ‘Adonay Genesis 15:2

[raah-2] 07451 ^ער^ ra‘ ReishAyin \@rah\@ or fem. ^הער^ ra‘ah from 07489 the verb 07490 (Aramic)ReishAyinAyin evil (to crush); AV-evil 442, wickedness 59, wicked 25, mischief 21, hurt 20, bad 13, trouble 10, sore 9, affliction 6, ill 5, adversity 4, favoured 3, harm 3, naught 3, noisome 2, grievous 2, sad 2, misc 34; 663
adj

1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant

1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

1c) evil, displeasing

1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)

1e) bad (of value)

1f) worse than, worst (comparison)

1g) sad, unhappy

1h) evil (hurtful)

1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts

1j2) deeds, actions

n m

2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
2a) evil, distress, adversity

2b) evil, injury, wrong

2c) evil (ethical)

n f

3) evil, misery, distress, injury
3a) evil, misery, distress

3b) evil, injury, wrong

3c) evil (ethical)

ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[9] ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)

[10] ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[dorbown-3] 01861 דָּרְבוֹן‎ dorbown [dor-bone’[] also dor-bawn’] of uncertain derivation; n m/n f; [BDB-201b] [{See TWOT on 451 @@ "451a" }] [{See TWOT on 451 @@ "451b" }] AV-goad 2; 2
1) goad

a goad was an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen.

[12] was an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen.

[masmërah-4] 04930 מַשְׂמְרָה‎ masmërah [mas-mer-aw’] for 04548מַסְמֵר‎ macmer; n f; [BDB-702b] [{See TWOT on 1518 @@ "1518b" }] AV-nail 1; 1
1) nail

[5] James 2:14 What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?...17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.... 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

[shaqed-6] 08247 שָׁקֵד‎ shaqed [shaw-kade’] from 08245 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad to wake, watch, awake, be alert; n m; [BDB-1052a] [{See TWOT on 2451 @@ "2451a" }] AV-almond 2, almond tree 2; 4
1) almond tree, almonds
1a) almond (the nut)

1b) almond-tree

See also 08244 שָׂקַד‎ saqad to bind, bind on, (Lamentations 1:14)

08245 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad to wake, watch... be alert, (Ecclesiastes 12:5)

08246 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad cup shaped like a blossom.

[16] See also 08244 שָׂקַד‎ saqad to bind, bind on, (Lamentations 1:14)

[17] 08245 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad to wake, watch... be alert, (Ecclesiastes 12:5)

[18] 08246 שָׁקַד‎ shaqad cup shaped like a blossom.

[flourish-7] 05006 נָאַץ‎ na’ats \@naw-ats’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-despise 8, provoke 5, abhor 4, blaspheme 4, contemn 2, flourish 1, great occasion to blaspheme 1; 25
1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn

1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn

1b2) to cause to contemn

1c) (Hiphil) to spurn

1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned

See Ecclesiastes 12:5

[20] See Ecclesiastes 12:5

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Ecclesiastes 12

Contents

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

Silver cord

Spirit returns

Preacher seeks his duty

The Goad

The conclusion and call of duty

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

Every work jugged

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Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

Silver cord

Spirit returns

Preacher seeks his duty

The Goad

The conclusion and call of duty

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

Every work jugged

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