Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Arno Geneva Study Bible

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an (d) error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: (d) Meaning that it is an evil thing when the...

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:15 . Experience Crystallised in Proverbs. Ecclesiastes 9:17 to Ecclesiastes 10:3 forms a series of pr...

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44. under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 .

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: An error which proceedeth from the ruler - What th...

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: There is an evil ... as [or through: since kª-...

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Advice Touching Life's Puzzles 1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend upon courts, but also in ordinary op...

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Error. — The word is the same as at Ecclesiastes 10:6 .

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But...

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

How, then, does worldly wisdom work? The preacher shows that its first manifestation is discretion based upon selfishness. This section is a series o...

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. (3) Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth...

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun ,.... Which Solomon had observed in the course of his life, practised in some kingdoms and by som...

John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: Ver. 5. As an error which proceedeth from the r...

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is an evil , &c. I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour among men; as an error which proceedeth , &c. Or rather, as th...

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects.       4 If the spirit of the ruler r...

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have observed another great vanity and misdemeanour amongst men. As an error which proceedeth from the ruler; so the sense is, like those errors...

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Behaviour Connected With Superiors ( Ecclesiastes 10:4-7 ). Ecclesiastes 10:4 ‘If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, do not leave you...

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 10:5 . As an error which proceedeth from the ruler.] Not a mere error, as such, but one which is manifest by its co...

Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a...

Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1)...

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 10:1 . Dead flies cause the ointment, of exquisite perfumes, to send forth a stinking savour; a satirical proverb, applicable to ch...

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 10:1-21 Section 11. A little folly mars the effect of wisdom, and is sure to make itself conspicuous. Ecclesia...

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Midst of Presumption and Arrogance

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler, a mistake often made by people possessing authority: