Ecclesiastes 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

oppression. oppressing: i.e. the act of oppressing.

maketh... mad. Referring to the madness of folly.

mad. beyond control. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:17.

a gift. a bribe.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.