What does Ecclesiastes 10:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Deada flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour."
CHAPTER X _Observations on wisdom and folly_, 1-3. _Concerning right conduct towards rulers_, 4. _Merit depressed, and worthlessness exalted_, 5-7. _Of him who digs a pit and removes a landmark_,...
This verse is by its meaning so closely connected with Ecclesiastes 9:18 that the selection of it for the beginning of a new chapter seems unfortunate. APOTHECARY - Rather: a dealer in spices and per...
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...
DEAD FLIES. Hebrew flies of death: i.e. flies that bring or produce death. Supply the Figure of speech _Ellipsis,_ "[as] dead". CAUSE. [are that which will] cause, &c. TO SEND FORTH. STINKING SAVOUR...
_Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary_ The division of the Chapter s obscures the connexion. The maxim now before us is but the figurative expression of the fact stated, without a parable,...
DEAD FLIES CAUSE, &C.— _The smell arising from the perfume of the perfumer is infected by dead flies; so is the value of wisdom and reputation by a little folly._ See Desvoeux, and Bishop Lowth's thir...
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...
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. DEAD FLIES - literally, flies of death. T...
10:1 honour. (d-22) Or '[so doth] a little folly [for] him who is esteemed for wisdom and honour.'...
DEAD FLIES, etc.] This v. really belongs to the end of Ecclesiastes 9. As a few of the poisonous flies abounding in hot countries would render valueless a whole jar of perfume, so a man by a slight ad...
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 get...
זְב֣וּבֵי מָ֔וֶת יַבְאִ֥ישׁ יַבִּ֖יעַ שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹוקֵ֑חַ יָקָ֛ר מֵ חָכְמָ֥ה מִ כָּבֹ֖וד סִכְל֥וּת מְעָֽט׃...
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...
Ointment. A fly cannot live in it. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xi. 19.) --- Hence the smallest faults must be avoided, (Calmet) and superfluous cares, (St. Gregory) as well as the conversation of the w...
CONTENTS The Preacher is still prosecuting his sermon through this Chapter; but folding up many important sayings within short sentences. Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apo...
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...
DEAD FLIES CAUSE THE OINTMENT OF THE APOTHECARY TO SEND FORTH A STINKING SAVOUR,.... Such, as Jarchi observes, are in the winter season, which are weak and near to death, and get into precious ointmen...
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour. Ver. 1. _Dead flies cause the ointment, &c...
_Dead flies_, &c. Solomon seems in these words to be prosecuting what he had said in the last clause of the preceding chapter; showing how much good one foolish action may destroy, what evil may resul...
Dead flies, literally, "flies of death," that is, such as fall into a mixture and, in decomposing, taint it with their rottenness, CAUSE THE OINTMENT OF THE APOTHECARY TO MEND FORTH A STINKING SAVOR,...
DEAD FLIES: _ Heb._ Flies of death...
"DEAD FLIES MAKE. PERFUMER'S OIL STINK, SO. LITTLE FOOLISHNESS IS WEIGHTIER THAN WISDOM AND HONOR." 'Dead flies" -"puts into. vividly unpleasant form the principle on which the previous chapter ended...
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...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 10 Observations on wisdom and folly, ECCLESIASTES 10:1. Of rulers, ECCLESIASTES 10:4. Of wrong and injustice, ECCLESIASTES 10:8. Of talkativeness, imprudence, and its mischiefs, E...
Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead H4194 flies H2070 perfumers H7543 (H8802) ointment H8081 off H5042 (H8686) odor H887 (H8686) little H4592 folly H5531 respected H3368 wisdom H2451 honor H3519 Dead flies - Heb....
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 8:16-10 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, a...
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,...
_Dead flies cause the ointment. .. to send forth a stinking savour._ DEAD FLIES Among the Jews, oil rendered fragrant by being mixed with precious drugs was used for many different purposes. With it...
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 SE...
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 19:2; Exodus 30:34; Exodus 30:35; Galatians 2:12; Matthew 5:13; Nehemiah 13:26; Nehemiah 6:13...