Gregory Thaumaturgus, A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain.
Passages · 12
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 — These words speaketh Solomon, the son of David the king and prophet, to the whole Church of God, a prince most honoured, and a prophet most wise above all men. How vain and fruitless are the affairs of men, and all…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 — Judging, therefore, that it stood thus with this matter, I decided to turn to another manner of life, and to give myself to pleasure, and to take experience of various delights. And now I learned that all such things…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 — For this present time is filled with all things that are most contrary to each other—births and deaths, the growth of plants and their uprooting, cures and killings, the building up and the pulling down of houses,…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 — And leaving all these reflections, I considered and turned in aversion from all the forms of oppression which are done among men; whence some receiving injury weep and lament, who are struck down by violence in utter…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 — Moreover, it is a good thing to use the tongue sparingly, and to keep a calm and rightly balanced heart in the exercise of speech. For it is not right to give utterance in words to things that are foolish and absurd,…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 — Moreover, I shall exhibit in discourse the ill-fortune that most of all prevails among men. While God may supply a man with all that is according to his mind, and deprive him of no object which may in any manner…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 — For though a man should be by no means greatly advantaged by knowing all in this life that is destined to befall him according to his mind (let us suppose such a case), nevertheless with the officious activity of men…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 — Moreover, wisdom, when it is found in a man, shows itself also in its possessor’s face, and makes his countenance to shine; as, on the other hand, effrontery convicts the man in whom it has taken up its abode, so…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 9 — Now I thought at that time that all men were judged worthy of the same things. And if any wise man practised righteousness, and withdrew himself from unrighteousness, and as being sagacious avoided hatred with all…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 — Moreover, flies falling into myrrh, and suffocated therein, make both the appearance of that pleasant ointment and the anointing therewith an unseemly thing; and to be mindful of wisdom and of folly together is in no…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 — Moreover, it is a righteous thing to give (to the needy) of thy bread, and of those things which are necessary for the support of man’s life. For though thou seemest forthwith to waste it upon some persons, as if…vatican.va
- A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 — Moreover, it is right that thou shouldest fear God while thou art yet young, before thou givest thyself over to evil things, and before the great and terrible day of God cometh, when the sun shall no longer shine,…vatican.va
Scripture cited · 9 verses
1 Kings 8:46 · 2 Chronicles 6:36 · Job 1:21 · Job 20:20 · Proverbs 20:9 · Proverbs 22:1 · Jeremiah 12:1 · 1 Timothy 6:7 · 1 John 1:8