Ecclesiastes 7:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: ”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to (s) find out the account: (s) That is, to come to a conclusion.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - 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 7:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

counting, &c. Or, supply the Ellipsis thus: "[considering women] one by one", &c. account . result.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: Counting one by one - I have gone over every particular. I have compared one thing with another; man wit...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, this have I found, &c.— Behold, this have I found ( saith the orator ), examining them one by one, to find out the reason of it: Ecclesiastes 7:28 . Which my soul seeketh still, w...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: This have I found - namely, what is stated in the previous part of the book (cf. Ecclesiastes 7:2...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Aphorisms 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct o...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - 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 7:27 - 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 7:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. (23) All this...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, this have I found ,.... That a harlot is more bitter than death; and which he found by his own experience, and therefore would have it observed by others for their caution: or one man among...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account: Ver. 27. Behold, this I have found. ] Eυρηκα, Eυρηκα, ‘I have found it, I have found it,' said the...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, saith the preacher Or, the penitent , who speaks what he hath learned, both by deep study and costly experience; this have I found And it is a strange thing, and worthy of your serious o...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Behold; it is a strange thing, and worthy of your serious observation. The preacher; or, the penitent , who speaks what he hath learned, both by deep, study and costly experience. Counting one...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 7 It Is Good To Be Aware of Death, To Listen To Rebuke, To Behave Wisely, Even Though Life Is Unfair. But The World Is Full of Wickedness. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:27 . Counting one by one, to find out the account] Collecting the results of many observations—thus forming an opinion carefully and slowly. Ecclesiastes 7:29...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7 and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us to make the best of the capacities He has given us...
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - 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 7:27 - 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 7:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Spirit of Sorrow Over Sin and its Allurements
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 1:1 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 ; Ecclesiastes 7:25
Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To find — That I might make a true and just estimate.

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes