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Verse 15. _HE KNOWETH NOT HOW TO GO TO THE CITY._] I suppose this to
be a proverb: "He knows nothing; he does not know his way to the next
village." He may labour; but for want of _judgment_ he wearie...
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The sense is: “The fool wearies himself with ineffectual attempts,
he has not sufficient knowledge for the transaction of ordinary
business.”...
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CHAPTER 10
This chapter contains a series of proverbs, expressing the wisdom and
prudence of the natural man. Here are a number of observations and all
show that there is a practical value in wisdom a...
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ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN
PROVERBS.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
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LABOUR. toil.
FOOLISH. Hebrew. _kesil,_ as in Ecclesiastes 10:2 and Ecclesiastes
10:12. not _sakal,_ as in verses: Ecclesiastes 10:3;...
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_The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them_ The word for
"labour" as in chap. Ecclesiastes 1:3; Genesis 41:52; Job 3:3, as with
our word "travail," carries with it the connotation of troubl...
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THE LABOUR OF THE FOOLISH, &C.— _He will weary himself with foolish
labour, not knowing how to go to the city._ From the 10th to this
verse, Solomon proceeds to shew that such a choice as that mention...
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E. THOSE WHO WORK CONTRARY TO WISDOM ARE REPREHENSIBLE. Ecclesiastes
10:12-20
1. Talkers and workers Ecclesiastes 10:12-15
TEXT 10:12-15
12
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while t...
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The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city.
THE LABOUR OF THE FOOLISH WEARIETH. They have no capacity for
spiritual things; and merely earth...
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PRACTICAL ADVICE TOUCHING LIFE'S PUZZLES
1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend
upon courts, but also in ordinary operations....
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He wearies himself with ineffectual attempts, because he is incapable
of carrying on the most ordinary affairs of life.
16-20. Much depends on the ruler. Whatever he be, he must be
reverenced.
16, 17...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 10
THE WAY THAT A FOOLISH PERSON BEHAVES – ECCLESIASTES 10:1-3
V1 Dead flies can ge...
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TO GO TO THE CITY. — Evidently a proverbial expression; “is not
able to find his way on a plain road.” (Comp. Isaiah 35:8.)...
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עֲמַ֥ל הַ כְּסִילִ֖ים
תְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא...
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present Li...
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COMBINED WITH A STEADFAST FAITH IN THE LIFE TO COME.
Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7
But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere man of pleasure? No;
for he recognises the claims of duty a...
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How, then, does worldly wisdom work? The preacher shows that its first
manifestation is discretion based upon selfishness. This section is a
series of brief sayings which are of the nature of proverbs...
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The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the (g) city.
(g) The ignorance and beastliness of the wicked is such that they know
not common things, and y...
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_City. Being so stupid, that they know not, or will not take the pains
to find what is most obvious. (Calmet) --- Thus the pagan philosophers
knew all but what they ought to have known; (St. Jerome) a...
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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt
therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereb...
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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...
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THE LABOUR OF THE FOOLISH WEARIETH EVERYONE OF THEM,.... The labour of
fools, both in speaking and doing, weary those who have any concern
with them, and themselves likewise, since all their labour is...
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_The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city._
Ver. 15. _The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them._]
While he laboureth in vain, and...
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_The words of a wise man are gracious_ Hebrew, חן, grace: as they
are profitable, so they are acceptable to others, procuring him favour
with those that hear him. _But the lips of a fool will swallow...
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The labor of the foolish wearleth every one of them, the slightest
exertion is too much for his lazy bones, BECAUSE HE KNOWETH NOT HOW TO
GO TO THE CITY; he does not know the road straight ahead of hi...
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IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
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"THE TOIL OF. FOOL SO WEARIES HIM THAT HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO GO
TO. CITY."
Much like our modern proverb, "He doesn't know enough to come in out
of the rain". "The second line is evidently. prov...
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11-15 There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music.
The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and
contradiction only makes it the more violent. We must find the...
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Ecclesiastes 10:15 labor H5999 fools H3684 wearies H3021 (H8762) know
H3045 (H8804) go H3212 (H8800) ci
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THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO THE RIGHT PERSON (ECCLESIASTES 10:15).
Ecclesiastes 10:15
‘The effort of fools wearies every one of them, for he does not know
how to go to the city.'
‘Them' is those...
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Ecclesiastes 10:10
I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He
has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely
calculated scheme of life, because at ev...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs recommending wisdom as of great use for the right
ordering of our lives.
CHARACTERS: Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Fools are apt, at every turn, to proclaim their folly, for
if one is lack...
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Ecclesiastes 10:1. _Dead flies cause the ointment,_ of exquisite
perfumes, _to send forth a stinking savour;_ a satirical proverb,
applicable to characters in all the public walks of life. A general,...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:15 A fool’s TOIL in the
fields is more tiring than others’ because he is unaware of things
that would make his work easier....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 10:11. A BABBLER IS NO BETTER.] _Lit_., “The master of
the tongue.” One who is of ready utterance, capable of producing
great effects by the power of speech, yet lacking...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 10:1
Section 11. _A little folly mars the effect of wisdom, _and is sure to
make itself conspicuous.
ECCLESIASTES 10:1
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to sen...
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Chapter 10:
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a
stinking odor: so does a little folly to him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honor (Ecclesiastes 10:1).
There are cert...
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Ecclesiastes 10:10; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Habakkuk 2:6; Isaiah 35:8;...
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Wearieth — Fools discover their folly by their wearisome and
fruitless endeavours after things which are too high for them. Because
— He is ignorant of those things which are most easy, as of the way...