Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 10:11
Without — If not prevented by the art and care of the charmer; which practice he does not justify, but only mentions by way of resemblance.
Without — If not prevented by the art and care of the charmer; which practice he does not justify, but only mentions by way of resemblance.
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:11. _THE SERPENT WILL BITE WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT_] בלא לחש _belo lachash_, without _hissing_. As a snake may bite before it hiss, so also will the babbler, talkative person, or ca...
Rather: “If a serpent without enchantment (i. e., not being enchanted) bites, then there is no advantage to the charmer”: i. e., if the charmer is unwisely slack in exercising his craft, he will be bi...
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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_Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment_ Literally, IF THE SERPENT WILL BITE WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT, _i.e._in the absence of skill to charm it. It is hardly necessary to dwell at length on a to...
SURELY, THE SERPENT WILL BITE WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT— _If the serpent biteth because he is not enchanted, then nothing remaineth to the master of enchantments._ The two proverbial similes made use of in...
3. Failures in life result from lack of Wis. 10:8-11 TEXT 10:8-11 8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. 9 He who quarries stones may be hurt...
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT - if "enchantment" is not used. AND A BABBLER (A BABBLING CALUMNIATOR) IS NO BETTER. Therefore, a...
10:11 before (f-5) Lit. 'without.' advantage. (g-12) Or 'he who hath a tongue is no better;' the word for 'charmer here is lit. 'master of the tongue.'...
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....
RV 'If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.' The snake charmer, who has neglected to use his voice with proper skill in order to effect his object, will ha...
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This also is a difficult verse. Literally translated it is, _If the serpent bite for lack of enchantment, there is no advantage to the master of the tongue._ It seems best to follow the LXX. and other...
אִם ־יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ הַ נָּחָ֖שׁ בְּ לֹוא ־לָ֑חַשׁ
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...
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...
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...
_Silence. Protestants, "without enchantment, and a babbler is no better." (Haydock) --- But he compares the detractor to a serpent, (Calmet) as he infuses the poison into all who pay attention to him....
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...
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...
SURELY THE SERPENT WILL BITE WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT,.... See Jeremiah 8:17. Or rather, "without a whisper" t; without hissing, or any noise, giving no warning at all: so the Vulgate Latin version renders...
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Ver. 11. _Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment._] It is for want of wisdom that the babbler, or tongue master...
_Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment_ Unless it be seasonably prevented by the art and care of the charmer. This is an allusion to the general opinion, then and still prevailing in the ea...
IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment, that is, unless it is kept under enchantment by music or the sound of the voice properly modulated; AND A BABBLER IS NO BETTER. As one may escape the...
A BABBLER: _ Heb._ the master of the tongue...
"IF THE SERPENT BITES BEFORE BEING CHARMED, THERE IS NO PROFIT FOR THE CHARMER.""If the man is bitten before he has time to use his charm, it is no profit to him that he has the secret----the warning...
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...
WITHOUT ENCHANTMENT; if not seasonably prevented by the art and care of the charmer; which practice he doth not justify, but only mention by way of resemblance. See on PSALMS 58:5. A BABBLER, Heb. _a...
Ecclesiastes 10:11 serpent H5175 bite H5391 (H8799) charmed H3908 babbler H3956 H1167 different H3504 the serpent -...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:8 The various disasters described in vv. Ecclesiastes 10:8 are all accidental, so the one WHO DIGS A PIT is
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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