Ecclesiastes 5 · Geneva Bible Notes (1560) · Commentaries (Good Books Free)

¹ ^b He heareth thee not for thy manie wordes sake, or often repetitiouns, but considereth thy faith, and seruent minde.

¹ ^! Not to speake lightely, chiefly in Gods matters.

¹ ^a Ether in vowing or in praying: meaning that we shulde vse all reuerence to God warde.

³ ^c He speaketh of vowes, which are approued by Gods worde, and serue to his glorie.

⁵ ^d Cause not thy self to sinne by vowing rashely: as thei do which make a vowe to liue vnmaried, and suche like.

⁵ ^e That is, before Gods messenger when he shal examine thy doing: as thogh thy ignorance shulde be a just excuse.

⁷ ^f Meaning, that God wil redresse these things, & therfore we must depend vpon him.

⁸ ^g The reuenues of the earth are to be preserred aboue all things, which apperteine to this life.

⁸ ^h Kings and princes can not mainteineth their estate without tillage, which thing commendeth the excellencie of tillage.

⁹ ^! The couetous can neuer haue ynough.

¹¹ ^! The laborers slepe is swete.

¹¹ ⁱ That is, his great abundance of riches, or the surfeting, which cometh by his great feding

¹² ^k When couetous men heape vp riches, which turne to their destruction.

¹³ ^l He doeth not enjoye his fathers riches.

¹⁴ ^! Man when he dyeth, taketh nothing with him.

¹⁵ ^m Meaning, in vaine, & without profit.

¹⁶ ⁿ In affliction, and grief of minde.

¹⁷ ^o Read {Chap. 3, 22}

¹⁸ ^! To liue joyfully, and with a contented minde is the gift of God.

¹⁹ ^p He wil take no great thoght for the peines that he hathe endured in time past.

Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Ecclesiastes 5