Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an (d) error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
(d) Meaning that it is an evil thing when they who are in authority fail and do not do their duty.
There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an (d) error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
(d) Meaning that it is an evil thing when they who are in authority fail and do not do their duty.
Verse Ecclesiastes 10:5. _AN ERROR_ WHICH _PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER_] What this error in the ruler is, the two following verses point out: it is simply this - an injudicious distribution of offices,...
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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3....
_as an error which proceedeth from the ruler_ The last word serves as a link connecting this verse with the preceding. It might be wise at times to bow to the temper of a despotic ruler, but the ruler...
2. Foolishness leads to humiliation. Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 TEXT 10:5-7 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler 6 folly is set in many exalted pla...
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: THERE IS AN EVIL ... AS [OR THROUGH: SINCE Kª- IS USED IN ] AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM (LITERALLY,...
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ERROR. — The word is the same as at Ecclesiastes 10:6....
יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַ שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ כ
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_Prince, who seems to have been guilty of any indiscretion._...
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...
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THERE IS AN EVIL [WHICH] I HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN,.... Which Solomon had observed in the course of his life, practised in some kingdoms and by some princes on earth, under the sun; for there is nothi...
There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: Ver. 5. _As an error which proceedeth from the ruler._] Or, An ignorance, as Jerome renders it; ως α...
Ecc. 10:5. _i.e._ To Jerusalem, eminently called the City: the city to which all Israel was to go three times a year to worship God, and wait on Him for His blessings in the Temple. The meaning of the...
_There is an evil_, &c. I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour among men; _as an error which proceedeth_, &c. Or rather, as the Hebrew may be translated, _which is indeed an error proce...
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler, a mistake often made by people possessing authority:...
IN THE MIDST OF PRESUMPTION AND ARROGANCE...
FROM: _ Heb._ from before...
"THERE IS AN EVIL. HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN, LIKE AN ERROR WHICH GOES FORTH FROM THE RULER" An example of such an error is found in the next verse. "Even worse perhaps, than the autocrat is the weaklin...
4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yieldin...
I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour amongst men. AS AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER; so the sense is, like those errors which rulers commonly commit. Or rather, which is _in...
Ecclesiastes 10:5 is H3426 evil H7451 seen H7200 (H8804) sun H8121 error H7684 proceeding H3318 (H8802) fr
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CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 10:5. AS AN ERROR WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE RULER.] Not a mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its consequences—caprices of despotism like those described 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...
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