Ecclesiastes 10:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an (d) error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: (d) Meaning that it is an evil thing when they who are in authority fail and do not do their du...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44. under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 .

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: An error which proceedeth from the ruler - What this error in the ruler is, the two following verses...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: There is an evil ... as [or through: since kª- is used in Psalms 10:4 ] an error which proceed...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - 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 10:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Error. — The word is the same as at Ecclesiastes 10:6 .

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - 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 10:5 - 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 10:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. (3) Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool. (...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun ,.... Which Solomon had observed in the course of his life, practised in some kingdoms and by some princes on earth, under the sun; for there is no...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: Ver. 5. As an error which proceedeth from the ruler. ] Or, An ignorance, as Jerome renders it; ως...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is an evil , &c. I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour among men; as an error which proceedeth , &c. Or rather, as the Hebrew may be translated, which is indeed an er...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects.       4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yiel...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour amongst men. As an error which proceedeth from the ruler; so the sense is, like those errors which rulers commonly commit. Or rather, which is...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Behaviour Connected With Superiors ( Ecclesiastes 10:4-7 ). Ecclesiastes 10:4 ‘If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, do not leave your place, for deference will compensate for great o...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 10:5 . As an error which proceedeth from the ruler.] Not a mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its consequences—caprices of despotism like those descri...

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - 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 10:5 - 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 10:5 - 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 10:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Midst of Presumption and Arrogance

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:16 ; Ecclesiastes 4:1 ; Ecclesiastes 4:7 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Ecclesiastes 6:1 ; Ecclesiastes 9:3