Ecclesiastes 7:1
NAME... OINTMENT. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), " _shem mishshemen"._ BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. PRECIOUS. good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the sentence.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME... OINTMENT. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), " _shem mishshemen"._ BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. PRECIOUS. good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the sentence.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE END. Hebrew. _soph_. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:11. MEN. Hebrew. _'addm_ (with Art.). mankind. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOLS. fat, inert. Hebrew. _kesil._ Same word as in verses: Ecclesiastes 7:5; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Ecclesiastes 7:25 ("folly"). Not the same as "foolish "(Ecclesiastes 7:17), or "foolishness", Ecclesiastes 7:25. See note on "poverty", Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRACKLING. Same word as "voice" (Genesis 3:8), used of any sound. THORNS... POT. Note Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew. _hassirim... hassir._ May be Englished by "nettles... kettles". VANITY. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
OPPRESSION. oppressing: i.e. the act of oppressing. MAKETH... MAD. Referring to the madness of folly. MAD. beyond control. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:17. A GIFT. a bribe.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. WITH, &C.. like, or as. See Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 8:1.Genesis 18:23; Genesis 18:25. Render:"Wisdom [is as] good as riches, and more advantageous to them that see the sun". SEE THE SUN: i.e. the idiom for "are alive".... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. future life. See note on Leviticus 18:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God: i.e. the Deity. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIND. discover.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUST. righteous.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER MUCH: i.e. depending on the merit of good works. OVER WISE: i.e. beyond what is necessary. DESTROY THYSELF. make thyself lonely: i.e. forsaken. Compare Job 16:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT OVER MUCH WICKED. Be not very wicked: i.e. Be not wicked at all. For violation of nature's laws surely end in premature death. FOOLISH. stupid. Hebrew. _sakal;_ not the same word as in verses: Ecclesiastes 4:5; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 4:9, Ecc 4:25 ("folly"). See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME FORTH OF THEM ALL. make His way with both.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WISE. a wise man.... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSE. revile.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REASON... MADNESS. in order to know the reason (or cause) of folly's wickedness, and the madness of folly.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNTING, &C. Or, supply the Ellipsis thus: "[considering women] one by one", &c. ACCOUNT. result.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL. I myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. SEEKETH. sought.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. Same as "Behold" in Ecclesiastes 7:27. THEY. mankind: not merely the above classes. This verse is admittedly the inspired truth of God: so therefore are the other statements in this book. Moreover, "they" is emphatic. INVENTIONS. devices.... [ Continue Reading ]