Ecclesiastes 7:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. ”

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better - Inasmuch as something certain is attained, man contemplates the end throughout an entire course of action, and does not rest upon the beginning. Patient ... proud - literally, “Long,...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Better [is] the (f) end of a thing than its beginning: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit. (f) He notes their lightness who attempt a thing and suddenly leave it off ag...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Better is the end - We can then judge of the whole, and especially if the...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit— Better is he who considereth long, than he whose spirit is high. We have, in this and the preceding verses, the first proof of the th...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Better (is) the end of a thing - connected with Ecclesiastes 7:7 . Let t...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thing. — Here, as in Ecclesiastes 6:11 and elsewhere, we may also translate “word.” Possibly the thought still is the advantage of bearing patiently “the rebuke of the wise.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof ,.... If the thing is good, other ways the end of it is worse; as the end of wickedness and wicked men, whose beginning is sweet, but the en...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit. Ver. 8. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning. ] No right jud...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning The good or evil of things is better known by their end than by their beginning; which is true, not only respecting evil counsels and practices, whic...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If this verse relates to that next foregoing, it is an argument to keep men's minds from being disordered, either by oppression or bribery, because the end of those practices will show, that he who o...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:11 . Wisdom is good with an inheritance] Wisdom, though good in itself, yet when joined with ample means imparts a power of doing good to others. Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. The new year The text expresses the general principle or doctrine, that by the condition of our existence here, if things go right, a co...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Contempt of the World and the Spirit Of Calm Resignation
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:13 ; 1 Peter 2:20 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; 1 Peter 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; Hebrews 10:36 ; Isaiah 10:24 ; Isaiah 10:25 ; Isaiah 10:28-34 ; James 5:11 ; James 5:8 ; Luke 16:25 ; Luke 21:19...
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The end — The good or evil of things is better known by their end, than by their beginning. The patient — Who quietly waits for the issue of things. The proud — Which he puts instead of hasty or im...

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes