George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Come. While at birth-day feasts (Genesis xl. 20., and Matthew xiv. 6.) people give themselves up to joy, and cherish the idea of living long. (Calmet)
Come. While at birth-day feasts (Genesis xl. 20., and Matthew xiv. 6.) people give themselves up to joy, and cherish the idea of living long. (Calmet)
Verse Ecclesiastes 7:3. _SORROW_ IS _BETTER THAN LAUGHTER_] The reason is immediately given; for _by the sorrow of the countenance - the grief_ of heart that shows itself in the countenance - _THE H...
SORROW - Rather, Seriousness. THE HEART IS MADE BETTER - i. e., is made bright and joyful (compare 2 Corinthians 6:10). The mind which bears itself equally in human concerns, whether they be pleasant...
PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12 1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_ 2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15) 3. The strength...
PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life? (Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
_Sorrow is better than laughter_ The thought is essentially the same as that of the preceding verse, but is somewhat more generalized. We are reminded of the Greek axiom, παθεῖν, μαθεῖν ("Pain is gain...
SORROW IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER— _A sorrowful appearance is often better than laughter; for, notwithstanding the sadness of the countenance, the heart may be happy:_ Desvoeux: who thinks, that not real...
c. Sorrow is better than laughter. Ecclesiastes 7:3 TEXT 7:3 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be happy. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 7:3 177. In the contrast of the two...
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. SORROW - such as arises from serious thoughts of eternity. The Hebrew Kahas is translated anger in Ec...
PRACTICAL APHORISMS 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many special sent...
SADNESS OF THE COUNTENANCE. — Genesis 40:7; Nehemiah 3:3. “Anger” (margin). This is the usual meaning of the word, and so in Ecclesiastes 7:9. It is accordingly adopted here by the older translators,...
טֹ֥וב כַּ֖עַס מִ שְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי ־בְ רֹ֥עַ
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (3) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by th...
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...
SORROW [IS] BETTER THAN LAUGHTER,.... Sorrow, expressed in the house of mourning, is better, more useful and commendable, than that foolish laughter, and those airs of levity, expressed in the house o...
Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Ver. 3. _Sorrow is better than laughter._] Here, as likewise in the two former verses, is a collation...
_Sorrow is better than laughter_ Either sorrow for sin, or even sorrow on other accounts; _for by the sadness of the countenance_ Sadness seated in the heart, but manifested in the countenance; _the h...
Sorrow, a proper, mournful regard of the vanity of this world, IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER, that is, worldly and boisterous merriment, which deliberately ignores the serious side of life; FOR BY THE SADNE...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
SORROW: Or, anger...
"SORROW IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER, FOR WHEN. FACE IS SAD. HEART MAY BE HAPPY". Note the expression "may be", we have the choice and power to let sadness and tragedy transform our character (Romans 5:3-5...
1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is...
SORROW; either for sin, or any outward troubles. THE SADNESS OF THE COUNTENANCE; which is seated in the heart, but manifested in the countenance. MADE BETTER; more weaned from the lusts and vanities o...
Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow H3708 better H2896 laughter H7814 sad H7455 countenance H6440 heart H3820 better H3190 (H
CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF WICKEDNESS. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the tho...
AS WE LIVE LIFE IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER ITS BREVITY (ECCLESIASTES 7:1). There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the solemnity of life. Ecclesiastes 7:1 ‘A reputation (‘name...
Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities He has given us and the opp...
Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the vanity and vexation of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the v...
Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._ Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
_Sorrow is better than laughter._ SORROW BETTER THAN LAUGHTER Sorrow is set over against laughter; the house of mourning over against the house of mirth; the rebuke of the wise over against the musi...
_It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting._ ON THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE HOUSE OF MOURNING It is evident that the wise man does not prefer sorrow, up...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:2. FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN] Not the house of mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become such. ECCLESIASTES 7:3. SORROW] Not that passi...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE
Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again, it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 7:9; Daniel 10:19; Daniel 10:2;...