Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Ecclesiastes 12:1-14)
As Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 showed what youths are to shun, so this verse shows what they are to follow.
Creator—"Remember" that thou art not thine own, but God's property; for He has created thee (Psalms 100:3). Therefore serve Him with thy "all" (Mark 12:30), and with thy best days, not with the dregs of them (Proverbs 8:17; Proverbs 22:6; Jeremiah 3:4; Lamentations 3:27). The Hebrew is "Creators," plural, implying the plurality of persons, as in Genesis 1:26; so Hebrew, "Makers" (Isaiah 54:5).
while . . . not—that is, before that (Proverbs 8:26) the evil days come; namely, calamity and old age, when one can no longer serve God, as in youth (Ecclesiastes 11:2, Ecclesiastes 11:8).
no pleasure—of a sensual kind (II Samuel 19:35; Psalms 90:10). Pleasure in God continues to the godly old (Isaiah 46:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 12:1:
Ecclesiastes 11:3
Ecclesiastes 11:10
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Ecclesiastes 12:6
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Lamentations 3:27
Ephesians 5:16
DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.