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Ecclesiastes 7:10 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.Ecclesiastes 7:10 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:10 in context
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enquireshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- formerriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- Sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun, which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Ecc 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10