Ecclesiastes 10:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sense is: “The fool wearies himself with ineffectual attempts, he has not sufficient knowledge for the transaction of ordinary business.”

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the (g) city. (g) The ignorance and beastliness of the wicked is such that they know not common things, and...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

labour . toil. foolish. Hebrew. kesil, as in Ecclesiastes 10:2 and Ecclesiastes 10:12 . not sakal, as in verses: Ecclesiastes 10:3 ; Ecclesiastes 10:6 ; Ecclesiastes 10:13 ; Ecclesiast...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. He knoweth not how to go to the city - I suppose this to be a proverb: "He knows nothing; he does n...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The labour of the foolish, &c.— He will weary himself with foolish labour, not knowing how to go to the city. From the 10th to this verse, Solomon proceeds to shew that such a choice as that...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. The labour of the foolish wearieth. They have no capacity for spiritual things; and merely...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To go to the city. — Evidently a proverbial expression; “is not able to find his way on a plain road.” (Comp. Isaiah 35:8 .)

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - 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 10:15 - 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 10:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (9) Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered there...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The labour of the foolish wearieth everyone of them ,.... The labour of fools, both in speaking and doing, weary those who have any concern with them, and themselves likewise, since all their labour...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Ver. 15. The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them. ] While he laboureth in vain, a...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The words of a wise man are gracious Hebrew, חן, grace: as they are profitable, so they are acceptable to others, procuring him favour with those that hear him. But the lips of a fool will swallow...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Contemptibleness of Folly.       12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow u...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fools discover their folly, as by their words, of which he hath hitherto spoken, so also by their actions, and by their endless and fruitless endeavours after things which are too high and hard for t...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Importance Of Listening To The Right Person ( Ecclesiastes 10:15-17 ). Ecclesiastes 10:15 ‘The effort of fools wearies every one of them, for he does not know how to go to the city.' ‘Them...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 10:11 . A babbler is no better.] Lit ., “The master of the tongue.” One who is of ready utterance, capable of producing great effects by the power of speech, yet la...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - 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 10:15 - 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 10:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Midst of Foolish Talking and Slothfulness

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:10 ; Ecclesiastes 10:3 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; Isaiah 35:8-10 ; Isaiah 44:12-17 ; Isaiah 47:12 ; Isaiah 47:13 ; Isaiah 55:2 ; Isaiah 57:1 ; Jeremiah 50:4 ; Jeremiah 50:5 ; Matthe...

Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wearieth — Fools discover their folly by their wearisome and fruitless endeavours after things which are too high for them. Because — He is ignorant of those things which are most easy, as of the w...