Ecclesiastes 1: 7 Commentary

This is a beautiful semi- poetic description of the natural cycle of precious water…from being clouds..to being rain, to being rivers, to being the seas and oceans and back again to the sky as clouds …it is from the Wisest King of His Time-King Solomon!

By TIUCHE (wrote 2744 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 9/1/2011 16:13 pm

This is an absurd description of the water cycle:

Water flows from the rivers into the ocean. From the ocean it is returned, in an unexplained way, back to the river. Since the writer of this passage does not accurately describe the water cycle, we can count on revisionists to explain it away. Some will even twist this passage to say what it doesn’t.

Genesis 2:5-6 also contradicts the water cycle.

By James Richter (wrote 536 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 9/1/2011 00:52 am

1. The ocean never gets full
a. From the tons of water
b. Pouring in from rivers
2. The springs which feed the rivers
a. Get replenished from the rain
b. And the cycle continues
3. Likewise for all our labors
a. There is ALWAYS more work
b. That needs to be done tomorrow
4. Anyone who owns a home
a. Knows that the work of upkeep
b. Is NEVER completed
c. Such as repairing, painting
d. Mowing, raking and plowing
5. We experience endless monotonous labor
a. That for the moment accomplishes some good
b. But ultimately must be done again

By Tractorman (wrote 2592 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 8/29/2011 13:33 pm