Ecclesiastes 10:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. stink...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Any putrefaction spoils perfu...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 slig...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 proverb...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 oint...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Advantages of Wisdom.       1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 10 Observations on wisdom and folly, Ecclesiastes 10:1-3 . Of rulers, Ecclesiastes 10:4-7 . Of wrong and injustice, Ecclesiastes 10:8-10 . Of talkativeness, imprudence...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sayings Comparing the Wise and the Unlearned and Thoughtless ( Ecclesiastes 10:1-3 ). Ecclesiastes 10:1 ‘Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to smell and putrefy, so does a little fol...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 genera...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 10:1-21 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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 19:2 ; Exodus 30:34 ; Exodus 30:35 ; Galatians 2:12-14 ; Matthew 5:13-16 ; Nehemiah 13:26 ; Nehemiah 6:13