Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ecclesiastes 9:17
Of wise men — Though poor. In quiet — Uttered with a modest and low voice. The cry — The clamorous discourses of a rich and potent, but foolish man.
Of wise men — Though poor. In quiet — Uttered with a modest and low voice. The cry — The clamorous discourses of a rich and potent, but foolish man.
Verse 17. _THE WORDS OF WISE_ MEN ARE _HEARD IN QUIET_] In the tumult of war the words of _Archimedes_ were not heard; and his _life_ was lost....
2. PRAISE OF WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY, THEFINAL WORD AND THE GREAT CONCLUSION CHAPTER 9:13-18 Before he had declared that wisdom is strength. He comes back to this statement and gives an illustration o...
FOOLS. fat, inert. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
_The words of wise men are heard in quiet_ The thought is like that of the "great cry and little wool" of the English proverb. That which tells on men, in the long run, is the wisdom whose words are w...
THE WORDS OF WISE MEN ARE HEARD IN QUIET— _The words of wise men are more minded among people of a sedate disposition, than the cry of war raised by a man in authority among the inconstant multitude._...
6. Wisdom is declared to be the greatest guide in our work. Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 TEXT 9:13-18 13 Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me. 14 There was a small city wi...
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. THE WORDS OF WISE (MEN ARE) HEARD IN QUIET. So the Lord Jesus did "not cry, nor lift, up, nor cause His vo...
LIVE WORTHILY WHILE YOU MAY 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die....
ARE HEARD IN QUIET] RV'spoken in quiet are heard.' There are times when men's voices are hushed to listen to wise counsel....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 9 EVERYONE MUST DIE AT SOME TIME – ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10...
דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּ נַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִ...
THE CHIEF GOOD NOT TO BE FOUND IN WISDOM: Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his final course...
NOR IN DEVOTION TO AFFAIRS AND ITS REWARDS. Ecclesiastes 9:13; Ecclesiastes 10:1 So far, then, Coheleth has been occupied in retracing the argument of the first Section of the Book. Now he returns up...
In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man living "under the sun." He extols this worldly wisdom,...
CHAPTER IX. _ Fools. Though the wise often meet with contempt, it is only among fools, who form the majority. (Calmet) --- Vain declaimers in the Church shew their own folly, as well as that of their...
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (17) The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ru...
_THE SAVIOUR OF THE CITY_ ‘There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it,’ etc. Ecclesiastes 9:14 I. T...
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...
THE WORDS OF WISE [MEN ARE] HEARD IN QUIET,.... That is, by some persons and at some times, though not by all persons and always; or they are to be heard, or should be heard, though they seldom be, ev...
The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Ver. 17. _The words of wise men are heard in quiet._] The submissive words of a poor man speaking with goo...
_The words of wise men_ Though poor; _are heard in quiet_ Are uttered with a modest and low voice, and are, or should be, _heard_ by wise men; _more than the cry_ The clamorous and senseless discourse...
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools, the superiority of wisdom being established in spite of the fact that it is often neglected, for those who gi...
WISDOM STILL TO BE SOUGHT...
"THE WORDS OF THE WISE HEARD IN QUIETNESS ARE BETTER THAN THE SHOUTING OF. RULER AMONG FOOLS." The teaching of wise men appeal by virtue of their content, not by their volume. The words of any wise in...
13-18 A man may, by his wisdom, bring to pass that which he could never do by his strength. If God be for us, who can be against us, or stand before us? Solomon observes the power of wisdom, though i...
WISE MEN, though poor, as may be gathered both from the foregoing relation, and because he is opposed to the _ruling fool_ in the next clause, _are heard_, to wit, by wise men; or _should be heard_, a...
Ecclesiastes 9:17 Words H1697 wise H2450 quietly H5183 heard H8085 (H8737) shout H2201 ruler H4910 (H8802)
CHAPTER 9 THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL WHETHER THEY BE RIGHTEOUS, WISE OR SONS OF MEN. AND IN THE END ALL DIE IN THE SAME WAY. SO LET THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE LIFE AS THEY MAY AND ENJOY IT FOR GOD HAS ACCE...
Ecclesiastes 9:14 I. The little city. At first sight it may seem rather paradoxical to compare this great world of ours, with its almost innumerable inhabitants, its vast area, its enormous resources,...
Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a satisfactory policy of life. "The work of God," or, as...
CONTENTS: The universality of death and the need of minding the business of life and using wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: While there is life there is opportunity of preparing for dea...
Ecclesiastes 9:5. _The dead know not any thing._ This is explained by the next phrase, _the memory of them is forgotten._ Elijah went up to heaven, or paradise, as the Jews will have it. John 3:13. Si...
_The words of wise men are heard in quiet._ THE SUPERIORITY OF MORAL TO MILITARY FORCE “The words of wise men are heard in quiet”: words of thoughtfulness and conviction, silently dropping from the...
_There was a little city, and few men within it._ THE LITTLE CITY AND THE POOR WISE MAN The little city, as first introduced to our notice, is in sore straits. The legion of the foe seem innumerable,...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:13 Wisdom can achieve much good and is worth pursuing. Yet its benefits can be undone by evil. ⇐...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 9:17 Just as one wise man can successfully overcome the worst odds, so also ONE SINNER DESTROYS MUCH GOOD....
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 9:13. THIS WISDOM.] The special instance of the power of wisdom related in the next verse. ECCLESIASTES 9:14. FEW MEN WITHIN IT.] Not a city with a scanty population, b...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 9:1 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper world. ECCLESIASTES 9:1 This continues the subject treated abo...
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them...
1 Samuel 7:3; Genesis 41:33; Isaiah 42:2; Isaiah 42:4; James 1:20;...