An inevitable disposition of mankind.

Ecclesiastes 5:17 says, "And indeed all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and [much rage*], and sickness, and bitter anger*" (Pool, 1996).

*The two Greek words here can be translated to mean "a state of intense displeasure", "intense expression of the inner self, [frequently] expressed as strong desire" (Danker & Bauer, 2000, "θυμός"), and "a substance with an unpleasant taste" (Danker & Bauer, 2000, "χολή"), instead of "rage" and "bitter anger".​

So that it would read, "And indeed all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and [much intense displeasure], and sickness, and [an unpleasant taste]" (Pool, 1996).

Is this the way that all men feel deep down inside and everyone is just trying to deny it?

Is this the way that all Christians feel deep down inside and they are just trying to deny it?

Is this an inevitable disposition of mankind?


References

Danker, F. W., Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press.

Pool, C. V. D. (1996). Apostolic Bible Polyglot. Charles Van der Pool.
www.apostolicbible.com

 

Hm. Thanks for this Luke. Didn't think of that.

Do you think that Christians can't have this disposition and be walking in the spirit at the same time then?