Ecclesiastes 10:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! ”

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Foolish rulers, by their weakness, self-indulgence and sloth, bring decay upon the state: nobleness and temperance insure prosperity: yet the subject must not rebel in word or thought against his k...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a (h) child, and thy princes (i) eat in the morning! (h) That is, without wisdom and counsel. (i) Are given to their lusts and pleasures.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:15 . Experience Crystallised in Proverbs. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:3 forms a series of proverbs perhaps due to the sage who worked over the...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child - Minorities are, in general, very prejudicial to a state. Regents ei...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Woe to thee, O land, &c.— Woe to thee, O land, whose king was born to be a servant, and whose princes eat early in the morning! The propriety of this version is best seen by its opposition to...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! King is a child - given to pleasures; behaves with childish levity. Not in years; because a nation may be ha...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Woe. — See Note on Ecclesiastes 4:10 . A child. — The Hebrew word has a wide range, being constantly translated lad or young man, and applied, for instance, to Solomon ( 1 Chronicles 29:1 )...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! (17) Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength,...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child ,.... Not so much in age; though it is sometimes an unhappiness to a nation to be governed by a minor, especially if the young king has not good tutor...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Ver. 16. Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, ] s.c. , In understanding, though not in years, such a...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child Either in age or childish qualities; and thy princes eat in the morning Give themselves up to eating and drinking at that time of the day which is mos...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the m...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A child; either, 1. In age. Or, 2. (which is more agreeable to the following clause) In childish qualities, as ignorance, inexperience, injudiciousness, rashness, frowardness, fickleness, or wilf...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 10:16 . When thy king is a child.] Not in age, but in understanding—wanting in all the qualities of a vigorous manhood. And thy princes eat in the morning.] They emp...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Wickedness in high places (with Psalms 26:10 ):--Those two passages are descriptive of wickedness in high pl...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - 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 10:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Midst of Foolish Talking and Slothfulness
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 13:7 ; 2 Chronicles 33:1-20 ; 2 Chronicles 36:11 ; 2 Chronicles 36:2 ; 2 Chronicles 36:5 ; 2 Chronicles 36:9 ; Hosea 7:5-7 ; Isaiah 28:7 ; Isaiah 28:8 ; Isaiah 3:12 ; Isaiah 3...
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A child — Either in age, or childish qualities. Eat — Give up themselves to eating and drinking. Morning — The fittest time for God's service, for the dispatch of weighty affairs, and for sitting i...

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes