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Ecclesiastes 11 — Sermon Preparation
Practical counsel on generous giving despite uncertainty leads into an exhortation to rejoice in youth before old age and judgment arrive. Below is a research summary for Ecclesiastes 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 10
- verses
- 143 / 88
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Ecclesiastes 11 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 5 | know, seeing |
| יַלְדוּת | yaldûwth | H3208 | 2 | boyhood, girlhood |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 3 | heart, feelings |
| עָב | ʻâb | H5645 | 2 | envelope, darkness |
| זָרַע | zâraʻ | H2232 | 2 | sow, disseminate |
| הֶבֶל | hebel | H1892 | 2 | emptiness, vanity |
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 2 | brighten, be |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Ecclesiastes 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A NEW YEARS SERMON TO THE YOUNG Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. . .. 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.'--ECCLES. xi. 9; xii. 1. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of the Holy Scriptures: Second Kings from Chap., on Ecclesiastes 11:9–30 (Public Domain)
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