伝道者の書 7:1-12:14 JCB

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Some scholars see this chapter as an attempt to answer the question implied in Ecclesiastes 6:12, "Who knoweth what is good for man"? However that verse may be read as a declaration that, "No one knows what is good for man." Many of the assertions in this chapter reveal that Solomon himself, in spite of all his vaunted research, experience, and searching had by no means solved the problem with any degree of completeness.God supernaturally endowed Solomon with great wisdom; but that cannot be a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

1. (See on :-). name—character; a godly mind and life; not mere reputation with man, but what a man is in the eyes of God, with whom the name and reality are one thing (Isaiah 9:6). This alone is "good," while all else is "vanity" when made the chief end. ointment—used lavishly at costly banquets and peculiarly refreshing in the sultry East. The Hebrew for "name" and for "ointment," have a happy paronomasia, Sheem and Shemen. "Ointment" is fragrant only in the place where the person is whose... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1

It is better to end life with a good reputation than to begin it auspiciously but then ruin it through folly. This emphasis on the importance of living wisely continues through the rest of the book (cf. Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:14). The mother rubbed the "good ointment" on her baby and supposedly got it off to a good start in life by doing so. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1-14

1. Adversity and prosperity 7:1-14He began by exposing our ignorance of the significance of adversity and prosperity (Ecclesiastes 7:1-14; cf. Job). Both of these conditions, he noted, can have good and bad effects-depending on how a person responds to them. Prosperity is not always or necessarily good (cf. Ecclesiastes 6:1-12), and adversity, or affliction, is not always or necessarily evil (cf. Ecclesiastes 7:1-15). Actually, adversity is often a greater good than prosperity. [Note: Kaiser,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1-17

B. God’s Inscrutable Plan chs. 7-8Solomon proceeded in this section to focus on the comprehensive plan of God: His decree. His point was that we cannot fathom it completely. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Practical Aphorisms1-6. 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 of life by bearing in mind useful truths. These he now proceeds to give.1. Precious ointment] This was a much-prized luxury in the East (cp. Psalms 45:8; Amos 6:6; Matthew 26:7; Luke 7:37), but to be held in esteem is still better. There is a play on words in the Heb. (Shem, ’a name,’ and Shemen,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ecclesiastes 7:1

(1) There is a play on words in the original (found also in Song of Solomon 1:3), which Plumptre represents by “a good name is better than good nard.” It was probably an older proverb, which the Preacher completes by the startling addition, “and so is the day of death better than that of birth.” For the use of perfumes, see Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20; Proverbs 7:17; Daniel 10:3. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Ecclesiastes 7:2 We are apt to blame society for being constrained and artificial, but its conventionalities are only the result of the limitations of man's own nature. How much, for instance, of what is called 'reserve' belongs to this life, and passes away with its waning, and the waxing of the new life! We can say to the dying, and hear from them things that, in the fullness of health and vigour, could not be imparted without violence to some inward instinct. And this is one reason, among... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

; Ecclesiastes 8:1-17The Quest in the Golden Mean.Ecclesiastes 7:1-29; Ecclesiastes 8:1-15There be many that say, "Who will show us any gold?" mistaking gold for their god or good. For though there can be few in any age to whom great wealth is possible, there are many who crave it and believe that to have it is to possess the supreme felicity. It is not only the rich who "trust in riches." As a rule, perhaps, they trust in them less than the poor, since they have tried them, and know pretty... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

PART II. CHAPTERS 7-12 1. The Good Advice of the Natural Man, Discouragement and Failure CHAPTER 7 1. The better things (Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 ) 2. The anomalies (Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 ) 3. The strength of wisdom, yet none perfect (Ecclesiastes 7:19-22 ) 4. The worst thing he found (Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 ) Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 . All had been tested by the royal searcher; all was found out to be vanity and vexation of spirit. Darkness, discouragement, uncertainty and despair were the... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:1-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ecclesiastes 7:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:1-29

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