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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:7

This verse presents some difficulties of translation springing from corruption of text, but not affecting the general sense; according to which the many words which belong to the dreams and vanities of heathendom are contrasted with the fear of the only God.

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See also Ecclesiastes 5:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ecclesiastes 5:7. _IN - DREAMS_ - ARE - DIVERS _VANITIES; BUT FEAR THOU GOD._] If, by the disturbed state of thy mind during the day, or by Satanic influence, thou dream of evil, do not give wa...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR ... VANITIES - Or, For so it happens through many dreams and vanities and many words....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DIVERS VANITIES. Plural of emphasis. great vanity: i.e. in many dreams and many words, also [there is] great vanity: referring to Ecclesiastes 5:3 above....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For in the multitude of dreams_ The order of the words in the A. V. is not that of the Hebrew, which gives _For in the multitude of dreams and vanities and many words_, but is adopted by many comment...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS, &C.— From the 2nd to this verse we have Solomon's second admonition to this purpose. Let no one rashly call by oaths upon Him who dwells in heaven, to be a witness of w...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9 1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a TEXT 5:1a Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, THO

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS ... (THERE ARE) ... VANITIES, ... - (Note, .) God's service, which ou...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ecclesiastes 5:6]_ כִּ֣י בְ רֹ֤ב חֲלֹמֹות֙ וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN; Ecclesiastes 5:1 The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the Bo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _These. God will bring the wicked to judgment, (Calmet) and shew for what design he left them in power. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR IN THE MULTITUDE OF DREAMS, AND MANY WORDS, [THERE ARE] ALSO [DIVERS] VANITIES,.... Or as, "in a multitude of dreams, [there are] many vanities, [so] also in a multitude of words" s; as dreams are...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God. Ver. 7. _For in the multitude af dreams, and in many words,_] _i.e., _ As in the multitude of drea...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For in the multitude_, &c. There is a great deal of folly, as _in a multitude of dreams_, which for the most part are vain and insignificant, so also in many words, especially in making many vows, wh...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For in the multitude of dreams, foolish fancies concerning God's requirements of men in worship, AND MANY WORDS, hasty and ill-considered, THERE ARE ALSO DIVERS VANITIES, they are unreliable and do no...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "FOR IN MANY DREAMS AND IN MANY WORDS THERE IS EMPTINESS. RATHER, FEAR GOD." It appears that this verse is similar in thought to Ecclesiastes 5:3. Excessive talk, like daydreams or all dreams are noth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest, and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it woul...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    There is a great deal of vanity and folly, as in MULTITUDE OF DREAMS, which for the most part are vain and insignificant, so also _in many words_, i.e. in making many vows, whereby a man is exposed to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 5:7 multitude H7230 dreams H2472 many H7235 (H8687) words H1697 vanity H1892 fear H3372 (H8798)

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD LIFE. The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's musin...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 4:1 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ REVERENCE AND FIDELITY This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:6. BEFORE THE ANGEL] The representative of God in the Temple, _i.e_., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as expressing the early belief of mankind that angels ar...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 7:18; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 5:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For — There is a great deal of folly, as in multitude of dreams, which for the most part are vain and insignificant, so also in many words, in making many vows whereby a man is exposed to many snares...

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