Ecclesiastes – Exam (Kennedy)

True or False – The word Koholeth describes one who calls an assembly together.

True or False – The title “Ecclesiastes” comes from the Hebrew title for the book.

True or False – Solomon is not mentioned by name in Ecclesiastes.

True or False – This book was read at the Jewish Feast of Pentecost.

True or False – “Vanity” is a key word from Ecclesiastes?

What is meant by the word “vanity” in the book of Ecclesiastes?

What does Solomon mean by the expression “under the sun”?

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 1:2. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 1:9. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 1:13. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

True or False – Ecclesiastes contains no reference to God.

What does the phrase “what is crooked cannot be straightened” mean?

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 2:1. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

Which passage is a major “turning point” in the book?

Select the three (3) reasons the correct verse in the previous question is the turning point in the book.

Select seven (7) things Solomon calls “vain” from the book of Ecclesiastes through chapter 3, listed in the Course Notes.

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 4:9. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

What is the “sacrifice of fools” mentioned in Ecclesiastes 5:1?

Select the seven (7) things that money cannot buy in Ecclesiastes chapter 5, listed in the Course Notes.

What does Solomon say about those who ask about the “good old days” in Ecclesiastes 7:10?

What is meant by “do not be excessively righteous” in Ecclesiastes 7:16?

When we are subject to the law of the land we are wise if we do what two (2) things?

What does the phrase “a living dog is better than a dead lion” mean in Ecclesiastes 9:4?

What are the two (2) things found in Ecclesiastes 9:11 which upset all human plans?

Go below and fill in the blank for the missing word from Ecclesiastes 12:1. (The answer must be spelled correctly.)

Solomon concludes in Ecclesiastes 12:13 that we should do what two (2) things?

True or False – Ecclesiastes teaches there is a day of judgment coming.

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 2:24, “There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the ____ of God.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 2:24, “Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the ____ of God.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 2:24, “There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the ____ of God.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 2:24, “There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the ____ of God,”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 2:25, “For who can ___, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 2:25, “For who can ___, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 2:25, “For who can ___ and who can have enjoyment without Him?”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 2:25, “for apart from him who can ___ or who can have enjoyment?”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their _____, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their ______, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their _____, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s _____, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 3:14, “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should ____ before him.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 3:14, “I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should ____ before Him.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 3:14, “I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should ____ Him.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 3:14, “I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people ____ before him.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 5:2, “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy _____ be few.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 5:2, “Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; therefore let your _____ be few.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 5:2, “Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your _____ be few.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 5:2, “Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your _____ be few.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because sentence against an ____ work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because the sentence against an ____ work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because the sentence against an ____ deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because the sentence against an ____ deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 9:9, “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this ____, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 9:9, “Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in ____, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 9:9, “Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in ____ and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 9:9, “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in ____ and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: ____ God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: ____ God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 12:13, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: ____ God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 12:13, “The end of the matter; all has been heard. ____ God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

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KJV – Ecclesiastes 12:14, “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every ______ thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
NKJV – Ecclesiastes 12:14, “For God will bring every work into judgment, including every ______ thing, whether good or evil.”
NASB – Ecclesiastes 12:14, “For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is ______, whether it is good or evil.”
ESV – Ecclesiastes 12:14, “For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every ______ thing, whether good or evil.”

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