Passage Research
Ecclesiastes 9 — Sermon Preparation
Faced with the common fate of death, the Teacher urges the living to enjoy food, wine, and labor with the one they love while there is still time. Below is a research summary for Ecclesiastes 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ecclesiastes 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שֶׁמֶשׁ | shemesh | H8121 | 6 | sun, east |
| חׇכְמָה | chokmâh | H2451 | 6 | wisdom |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 7 | alive, raw |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 7 | good |
| מִסְכֵּן | miçkên | H4542 | 3 | indigent |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 5 | ruddy, human being |
| חָכָם | châkâm | H2450 | 4 | wise |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Ecclesiastes 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“IX Outward things come to good and bad men alike, ver. 1-3. Death puts an end to all, ver. 4-6. Therefore enjoy the comforts and mind the business of life while it lasts, ver. 7-10. God's providence dispenses all things, ver. 11, 12. Wisdom often makes men very useful, and yet gains them little respect, ver. 13-18. 1. Their works - All events which befall them are governed by his providence, and therefore although we cannot fully understand the reasons of all, yet we may be assured they are done righteously. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ecclesiastes 9:1–30 (Public Domain)
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