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
Ecclesiastes 7:16 Niv
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:15-18
Solomon had observed many exceptions to the dogma of retribution (i.e., the belief that God always punishes the wicked with adversity and blesses the righteous with prosperity in this lifetime; Ecclesiastes 7:15; cf. Job). Therefore we should not conclude that by being righteous we can escape adversity (Ecclesiastes 7:16). The righteousness in view here seems to be self-righteousness (cf. Matthew 5:20; Matthew 23:1-36). [Note: R. N. Whybray, "Qoheleth the Immoralist? (Qoh 7:16-17)," in... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 7:15-29
2. Righteousness and wickedness 7:15-29Even though the righteous sometimes do not receive a reward in this life and the wicked prosper, it is still better to live righteously."Proper evaluation of a man’s character helps to explain the apparent inequalities in divine providence." [Note: Kaiser, Ecclesiastes . . ., p. 78.] 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 7:16
(16) Righteous over – much.—The caution is against morbid scrupulosity and over-rigorism. We may illustrate by the case of the Jews, who refused to defend themselves against their enemies on the Sabbath day. The next verse is a necessary corrective to this: “Yet be cautious how thou disregardest the restraints of Law.” 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
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:16
7:16 Be not righteous {m} over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?(m) Do not boast too much of your own justice and wisdom. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:16
16. HOLDEN makes Ecclesiastes 7:16 the scoffing inference of the objector, and Ecclesiastes 7:16- : the answer of Solomon, now repentant. So (Ecclesiastes 7:16- :) the skeptic's objection; (Ecclesiastes 7:16- :) the answer. However, "Be not righteous over much," may be taken as Solomon's words, forbidding a self-made righteousness of outward performances, which would wrest salvation from God, instead of receiving it as the gift of His grace. It is a fanatical, pharisaical righteousness,... read more