Ecclesiastes 7:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. ”

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Name ... ointment - The likeness between reputation and odor supplies a common metaphor: the contrast is between reputation, as an honorable attainment which only wise people win, and fragrant od...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of (b) death than the day of one's birth. (b) He speaks thus after the judgment of the flesh, which thinks death is the end of all evils,...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs and Reflections. After asking, What is good for man in life? ( Ecclesiastes 6:12 ), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is ad...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

name... ointment. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), " shem mishshemen". better. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24 . precious . good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the s...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. A good name - Unsatisfactory as all sublunary things are, yet still there are some which are of great...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 .-Consolation to God's people under suffering.-The sorrows of the saints ar...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Precious ointment ] This was a much-prized luxury in the East (cp. Psalms 45:8 ; Amos 6:6 ; Matthew 26:7 ; Luke 7:37 ), but to be held in esteem is still better. There is a play on words in the...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There is a play on words in the original (found also in Song of Solomon 1:3 ), which Plumptre represents by “a good name is better than good nard.” It was probably an older proverb, which the Preach...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown th...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of max...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this chapter the Preacher is proposing several good things, as means, in the divine hand, for a remedy against the vanities of life. He showeth the blessedness of gracious sorrow, and th...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A good name [is] better than precious ointment ,.... The word "good" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied, as it is by Jarchi; for of no other name can this be said; that which is not good ca...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Ver. 1. A good name is better than precious ointment. ] Yea, than great riches. See Trapp on " P...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A good name A good and well grounded report from wise and worthy persons; a name for wisdom and goodness with those that are wise and good; is better than precious ointment Which was very fragran...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Value of a Good Name. 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 7 A good name desirable; and the house of mourning and rebuke better than songs and laughter, Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 . Exhortations to patience and perseverance, Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

As We Live Life It Is Good To Remember Its Brevity ( Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 ). There now follow a number of wise sayings which are a reminder of the solemnity of life. Ecclesiastes 7:1 ‘A reputati...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:2 . For that is the end of all men] Not the house of mourning itself, but the fact that every house must, in turn, become such. Ecclesiastes 7:3 . Sorrow] Not...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:1 . A good name is better than precious ointment. Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48 . Wisdom and virtue outl...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

A good name is better than precious ointment. The fragrance of moral worth I. The elements of a good name. It is something more than being “well spoken of,” for often “what is highly esteemed a...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8 .—Division II . DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE - MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY OF WARNINGS AND RULES OF LIFE . Ec...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A good name, an excellent reputation before men and a high regard in the sight of God, is better than precious ointment, which was highly valued in the Orient for its refreshing odor; and the day...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:8 ; Ecclesiastes 10:1 ; Ecclesiastes 4:2 ; Hebrews 11:2 ; Hebrews 11:39 ; Isaiah 56:5 ; Isaiah 57:1 ; Isaiah 57:2 ; Job 3:17 ; John 13:2 ; Luke 10:20 ;...
Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of death — Seeing this life is so full of vanity, and vexation, and misery, it is more desirable for a man to go out of it, than to come into it.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes