Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a (h) child, and thy princes (i) eat in the morning!
(h) That is, without wisdom and counsel.
(i) Are given to their lusts and pleasures.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a (h) child, and thy princes (i) eat in the morning!
(h) That is, without wisdom and counsel.
(i) Are given to their lusts and pleasures.
Verse 16. _WO TO THEE, O LAND, WHEN THY KING_ IS _A CHILD_] _Minorities_ are, in general, very prejudicial to a state. Regents either disagree, and foment civil wars; or oppress the people. Various d...
Foolish rulers, by their weakness, self-indulgence and sloth, bring decay upon the state: nobleness and temperance insure prosperity: yet the subject must not rebel in word or thought against his king...
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
REFLECTIONS ON GOVERNMENT. These verses are in the strain of Ecclesiastes 10:4. Ecclesiastes 10:16. whose king is a child: _e.g._ like Ptolemy Epiphanes, who became king of Egypt (205 B.C.) at the age...
WOE TO THEE, O LAND, &C.— _Woe to thee, O land, whose king was born to be a servant, and whose princes eat early in the morning!_ The propriety of this version is best seen by its opposition to the su...
2. Rulers Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 TEXT 10:16-17 16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose pr...
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! KING IS A CHILD - given to pleasures; behaves with childish levity. Not in years; because a nation may be happy un...
10:16 child, (i-11) Or 'youth.'...
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....
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...
WOE. — See Note on Ecclesiastes 4:10. A CHILD. — The Hebrew word has a wide range, being constantly translated _lad_ or _young man,_ and applied, for instance, to Solomon (1 Chronicles 29:1), to Rehob...
אִֽי ־לָ֣ךְ אֶ֔רֶץ שֶׁ מַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ נָ֑עַר וְ
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...
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...
When thy. Hebrew literally, "whose," cujus, as [in] ver. 17. (Haydock) --- St. Jerome give two senses to this passage, the literal and the mystical, according to his usual custom. The dominion of youn...
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! (17) Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, a...
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...
WOE TO THEE, O LAND, WHEN THY KING [IS] A CHILD,.... Not so much in age; though it is sometimes an unhappiness to a nation to be governed by a minor, especially if the young king has not good tutors,...
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Ver. 16. _Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,_] _s.c._, In understanding, though not in years, such as...
_Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child_ Either in age or childish qualities; _and thy princes eat in the morning_ Give themselves up to eating and drinking at that time of the day which is most...
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, lacking mature judgment and discretion, a thoughtless fool, AND THY PRINCES EAT IN THE MORNING, in excessive gluttony and feasting at the time when they...
IN THE MIDST OF FOOLISH TALKING AND SLOTHFULNESS...
"WOE TO YOU,. LAND, WHOSE KING IS. LAD AND WHOSE PRINCES FEAST IN THE MORNING." Points To Note: 1 "The 'child' or 'lad', of verse 16 could indeed be. man in years, who has never grown up…" (Kidner p....
16-20 The happiness of a land depends on the character of its rulers. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish, and lovers of pleasure. Slothfulness is of ill consequence both to pr...
A CHILD; either, 1. In age. Or, 2. (which is more agreeable to the following clause) In childish qualities, as ignorance, inexperience, injudiciousness, rashness, frowardness, fickleness, or wilfulnes...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe H337 land H776 king H4428 child H5288 princes H8269 feast H398 (H8799) morning H1242
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! _ WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES (with Psalms 26:10):--Those two passages are descriptive of wickedness in high places....
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:16. WHEN THY KING IS A CHILD.] Not in age, but in understanding—wanting in all the qualities of a vigorous manhood. And thy princes eat in the morning.] They employ i...
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...
2 Chronicles 13:7; 2 Chronicles 33:1; 2 Chronicles 36:11; 2 Chronicles 36:2;...
A child — Either in age, or childish qualities. Eat — Give up themselves to eating and drinking. Morning — The fittest time for God's service, for the dispatch of weighty affairs, and for sitting in j...