Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 10:2
The metaphor perhaps means “A wise man’s sense is in its place, ready to help and protect him; but a fool’s sense is missing when it is wanted, and so is useless.”
The metaphor perhaps means “A wise man’s sense is in its place, ready to help and protect him; but a fool’s sense is missing when it is wanted, and so is useless.”
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:2. _A WISE MAN'S HEART_ IS _AT HIS RIGHT HAND_] As the _right_ _hand_ is ordinarily the best exercised, strongest, and most ready, and the _left_ the contrary, they show, 1. The...
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...
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 TO ECCLESIASTES 10:15. EXPERIENCE CRYSTALLISED IN PROVERBS. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Eccle
FOOL'S. dullard's. Hebrew. _kesil_. fat, inert. Same word as in Ecclesiastes 10:12. See note on Proverbs 1:7....
_A wise man's heart is at his right hand_ The symbolism of the right or the left hand, the former pointing to effective, the latter to ineffective, action, is so natural that it is scarcely necessary...
D. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOSE WHO LACK Wis. 10:1-11 1. The foolish worker is in trouble. Ecclesiastes 10:1-4 TEXT 10:1-4 1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier...
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. A WISE MAN'S HEART (IS) AT HIS RIGHT HAND - (.) The right hand is more expert than the left. The godly wise is more on his g...
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....
AT HIS RIGHT HAND.. LEFT] A wise man's mind directs him to appropriate conduct. A fool is sure to do the wrong thing. He is _gauche._...
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...
AT HIS RIGHT HAND. — Perhaps better, _towards his right hand, i.e.,_ leads him to go to the right hand. The thought is the same as Ecclesiastes 2:13, namely, that though the actual results of wisdom a...
לֵ֤ב חָכָם֙ לִֽ ימִינֹ֔ו וְ לֵ֥ב כְּסִ֖יל
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...
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...
A (a) wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart [is] at his left. (a) So that he does all things well and justly, where as the fool does the contrary....
_Hand, to do well or ill, Deuteronomy i. 39., and Jonas iv. 11. (Chaldean)_...
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. (3) Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool. (4...
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...
A WISE MAN'S HEART [IS] AT HIS RIGHT HAND,.... This is not designed to express the direct position and situation of the heart of man, wise or foolish, which is the same in both; and which, according t...
_A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left._ Ver. 2. A wise man's heart is at his right hand.] He doth his business discreetly and dexterously, he is handy and happy a...
_A wise man's heart is at his right hand_ His understanding or wisdom is always present with him, and ready to direct him in all his actions. He manages all his affairs prudently and piously. He menti...
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, that is, he uses his understanding in the proper, expert way; BUT A FOOL'S HEART AT HIS LEFT, lacking wisdom, he bungles everything that he undertakes....
IN THE MIDST OF PRESUMPTION AND ARROGANCE...
"A WISE MAN'S HEART DIRECTS HIM TOWARD THE RIGHT, BUT THE FOOLISH MAN'S HEART DIRECTS HIM TOWARD THE LEFT."THE RIGHT" -right and left have for centuries been used as referring to good and bad. In fact...
1-3 Those especially who make a profession of religion, should keep from all appearances of evil. A wise man has great advantage over a fool, who is always at a loss when he has anything to do. Sin is...
A WISE MAN'S HEART, i.e. his understanding or wisdom, IS AT HIS RIGHT HAND; is always present with him, and ready to direct him in all his actions. He manageth all his affairs prudently and piously. H...
Ecclesiastes 10:2 mans H2450 heart H3820 hand H3225 fools H3684 heart H3820 left H8040 wise -...
SAYINGS COMPARING THE WISE AND THE UNLEARNED AND THOUGHTLESS (ECCLESIASTES 10:1). Ecclesiastes 10:1 ‘Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to smell and putrefy, so does a little folly outwei...
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...
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: 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...
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,...
_A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left._ HEART AND HAND I. The wise man’s heart at his right hand means that his affections are at their proper objects. The heart is...
ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 10:2 The “right hand” is often associated with strength in the OT. The Preacher is probably referring to the LEFT to indicate weakness....
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:1. DEAD FLIES.] _Lit_., “Flies of death;” because, as such, they corrupt the ointment. The apothecary.] A dealer in spices. Thus it is not the common kind, but a cost...
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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Luke 12:18;...
Heart — His understanding is always present with him and ready to direct him. He mentions the right hand, because that is the common instrument of action. A fool's — His understanding is not effectual...