Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire (g) wisely concerning this.
(g) Murmur not against God when he sends adversities for man's sins.
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire (g) wisely concerning this.
(g) Murmur not against God when he sends adversities for man's sins.
Verse Ecclesiastes 7:10. _THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?_] This is a _common saying_; and it is as _foolish_ as it is common. There is no weight nor truth in it; but men use it to excuse the...
PART II. CHAPTER S 7-12 1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1)_ 2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15) 3. The strength...
PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life? (Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisab...
_What is the cause that the former days were better than these_ It would be a mistake to treat this as describing merely the temper of one who is a "_laudator temporis acti, se puero_." That is, as th...
DISCOURSE: 834 CONTENTMENT RECOMMENDED Ecclesiastes 7:10. _Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this_. IN the writi...
g. The now is better than the former days. Ecclesiastes 7:10 TEXT 7:10 10 Do not say, Why is it that the former days are better than these? For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. THOUG...
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE. Do not call in question God's...
PRACTICAL APHORISMS 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct of l...
THOU DOST NOT ENQUIRE WISELY] We have not the materials for a just comparison. 11, 12. Some men through the attainment of wisdom or wealth have reached a vantage ground in the battle of life. Of the...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 The Teacher does not continue to ask questions. Instead, he uses many special sent...
CONCERNING. — This preposition is used after “enquire” only in later Hebrew (Nehemiah 1:2)....
אַל ־תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤ הַ יָּמִים֙
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of maxi...
_Bosom, as in its proper place. The wise may feel its impressions, but he immediately makes resistance._...
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9)...
_THE ‘GOOD OLD TIMES’_ ‘Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.’ Ecclesiastes 7:10 This text has a natural and...
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...
SAY NOT THOU, WHAT IS [THE CAUSE] THAT THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?.... This is a common opinion, that in all ages prevails among men, that former times were better than present ones; that...
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Ver. 10. _Say not thou, What is the cause? &c._] This, saith an interp...
_Say not thou_ Namely, by way of impatient expostulation and complaint against God, either for permitting such disorders in the world, or for bringing thee into the world in such an evil time and stat...
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? the reference being to such as criticize and carp without attempting to improve present conditions. FOR THOU DOST NOT ENQUI...
CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF CALM RESIGNATION...
WISELY: _ Heb._ out of wisdom...
"DO NOT SAY, 'WHY IS IT THAT THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?' FOR IT IS NOT FROM WISDOM THAT YOU ASK ABOUT THIS."DO NOT SAY" -Solomon is relentless! "verse 10 is even more crushing, as befits...
7-10 The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resent...
SAY NOT THOU, to wit, by way of impatient expostulation and complaint against God, either for permitting such disorders in the world, or for bringing thee into the world in such an evil time and state...
Ecclesiastes 7:10 say H559 (H8799) former H7223 days H3117 better H2896 inquire H7592 (H8804) wisely H2451
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL. IF A MAN IS NOT CAREFUL THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE HIM BEHAVE FOOLISHLY (ECCLESIASTES 7:5). Further wise sayings about our approach to life. The sensible man is e...
CHAPTER 7 IT IS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF DEATH, TO LISTEN TO REBUKE, TO BEHAVE WISELY, EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS UNFAIR. BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF WICKEDNESS. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the tho...
Ecclesiastes 7:10 This text has a natural and deep connection with Solomon and his times. The former days were better than his days; he could not help seeing that they were. He must have feared lest t...
Ecclesiastes 7 and ECCLESIASTES 8:1 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities He has given us and the opp...
Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
CONTENTS: Prudence recommended as a means of avoiding much of the vanity and vexation of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the v...
Ecclesiastes 7:1. _A good name is better than precious ointment._ Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48. Wisdom and virtue outlive t...
_Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these?_ MISTAKEN SIGNS On the whole we may confidently affirm that the world improves, and yet in certain moods we are apt to r...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 7:11. WISDOM IS GOOD WITH AN INHERITANCE] Wisdom, though good in itself, yet when joined with ample means imparts a power of doing good to others. ECCLESIASTES 7:12. WIS...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8.—Division II. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE
Tonight we want to return again to the book of Ecclesiastes beginning with chapter 7. And as we return to the book of Ecclesiastes, again, it is important that we make note of the fact that the book o...
Genesis 6:11; Genesis 6:12; Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 44:17; Judges 6:13;...
Better — More quiet and comfortable. For this is an argument of a mind unthankful for the many mercies, which men enjoy even in evil times. For — This question shews thy folly in contending with thy L...