Ecclesiastes 7:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. ”

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God hath made - Rather, God made. A definite allusion to the original state of man: in which he was exempt from vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many (t) devices. (t) And so are cause for their own destruction.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - 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 7:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. Same as "Behold" in Ecclesiastes 7:27 . they . mankind: not merely the above classes. This verse is admittedly the inspired truth of God: so therefore a...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 837 MAN’S ORIGINAL AND PRESENT STATE Ecclesiastes 7:29 . Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions . THE whole scope of thi...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright - Whatever evil may be now found among...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Summary of his investigations. They have sought out many inventions. Theoretical "inve...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ,.... The first man Adam, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it; and not Adam only, but Eve also with him; for these were both made by the...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Ver. 29. That God hath made man upright, ] viz., In his own image - i.e., " knowledge" in h...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lo, this only have I found Though I could not find out all the streams of wickedness, and their infinite windings and turnings, yet I have discovered the fountain of it, original sin, and the corru...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - 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 7:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This only have I found; though I could not find out all the streams of wickedness, and their infinite windings and turnings in the world, yet I have discovered the fountain of it, to wit, original...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - 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 7:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Man in his original and in his lapsed stage I. God made man upright. Our text, then, teaches us that man was made in a state...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - 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 7:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Spirit of Sorrow Over Sin and its Allurements
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:40-43 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; Ephesians 2:3 ; Ezekiel 22:6-13 ; Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 1:27 ; Genesis 11:4-6 ; Genesis 3:6 ; Genesis 3:7 ; Genesis 5:1 ; Genesis 6:11 ; Genesis 6:12 ; Ge...
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lo, this — Though I could not find out all the streams of wickedness, and their infinite windings and turnings, yet I have discovered the fountain of it, Original sin, and the corruption of nature,...

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes