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Ecclesiastes (Qohelet — "Assembler/Preacher") is Solomon's philosophical autopsy of life lived under the sun — without transcendent reference. The repeated verdict hebel ("vapor/vanity") is not nihilism but diagnostic: every finite meaning-system eventually collapses under the weight of death.
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- Primary Witness Text: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing...
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Ecclesiastes (Qohelet — "Assembler/Preacher") is Solomon's philosophical autopsy of life lived under the sun — without transcendent reference. The repeated verdict hebel ("vapor/vanity") is not nihilism but diagnostic: every finite meaning-system eventually collapses under the weight of death.
The book's apologetics use is considerable: Ecclesiastes performs the reductio ad absurdum of secular humanism. Pleasure (2:1-3), wisdom (2:12-16), work (2:17-23), and accumulation (5:10-17) are each tried and found bankrupt. The resolution: "Fear God and keep His commandments" (12:13) — transcendent meaning alone survives.
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
Hebrew
טוֹב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֹב וְיוֹם הַמָּוֶת מִיּוֹם הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃tvov-shem-mishemen-tvov-veyvom-hamavet-miyvom-hivaledvo
KJV: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
AKJV: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. ¶
ASV: Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
YLT: Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
Hebrew
טוֹב לָלֶכֶת אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵבֶל מִלֶּכֶת אֶל־בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא סוֹף כָּל־הָאָדָם וְהַחַי יִתֵּן אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃tvov-lalekhet-'el-veyt-'evel-milekhet-'el-veyt-misheteh-va'asher-hv'-svof-khal-ha'adam-vehachay-yiten-'el-livvo
KJV: It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
AKJV: It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
ASV: It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
YLT: Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:2Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:2
Verse 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning - Birthdays were generally kept with great festivity, and to these the wise man most probably refers; but according to his maxim, the miseries of life were so many and so oppressive that the day of a man's death was to be preferred to the day of his birth. But, in dependently of the allusion, it is much more profitable to visit the house of mourning for the dead than the house of festivity. In the former we find occasion for serious and deeply edifying thoughts and reflections; from the latter we seldom return with one profitable thought or one solid impression.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Hebrew
טוֹב כַּעַס מִשְּׂחֹק כִּֽי־בְרֹעַ פָּנִים יִיטַב לֵֽב׃tvov-kha'as-mishechoq-khiy-vero'a-faniym-yiytav-lev
KJV: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
AKJV: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
ASV: Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
YLT: Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:3Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Verse 3 Sorrow is better than laughter - The reason is immediately given; for by the sorrow of the countenance - the grief of heart that shows itself in the countenance: - The heart is made better - In such cases, most men try themselves at the tribunal of their own consciences, and resolve on amendment of life.
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Ecclesiastes 7:3
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:4
Hebrew
לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָֽה׃lev-chakhamiym-veveyt-'evel-velev-khesiyliym-veveyt-shimechah
KJV: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
AKJV: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
ASV: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
YLT: The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:4Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:4
Verse 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning - A wise man loves those occasions from which he can derive spiritual advantage; and therefore prefers visiting the sick, and sympathizing with those who have suffered privations by death. But the fool - the gay, thoughtless, and giddy - prefers places and times of diversion and amusement. Here he is prevented from seriously considering either himself or his latter end. The grand fault and misfortune of youth.
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Ecclesiastes 7:4
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
Hebrew
טוֹב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִֽים׃tvov-lishemo'a-ga'arat-chakham-me'iysh-shome'a-shiyr-khesiyliym
KJV: It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
AKJV: It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
ASV: It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
YLT: Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ecclesiastes 7:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Ecclesiastes 7:5
Ecclesiastes 7:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5
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- Ecclesiastes 7:5
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Hebrew
כִּי כְקוֹל הַסִּירִים תַּחַת הַסִּיר כֵּן שְׂחֹק הַכְּסִיל וְגַם־זֶה הָֽבֶל׃khiy-kheqvol-hasiyriym-tachat-hasiyr-khen-shechoq-hakhesiyl-vegam-zeh-havel
KJV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
AKJV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. ¶
ASV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
YLT: For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:6Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Verse 6 For as the crackling of thorns - They make a great noise, a great blaze; and are extinguished in a few moments. Such indeed, comparatively, are the joys of life; they are noisy, flashy, and transitory.
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Ecclesiastes 7:6
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Hebrew
כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהוֹלֵל חָכָם וִֽיאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָֽה׃khiy-ha'osheq-yehvolel-chakham-viy'aved-'et-lev-matanah
KJV: Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
AKJV: Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.
ASV: Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
YLT: Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:7Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Verse 7 Oppression maketh a wise man mad - This has been translated with good show of reason, "Surely oppression shall give lustre to a wise man: but a gift corrupteth the heart." The chief difference here is in the word יהולל yeholel, which, from the root הלל halal, signiffes to glister, irradiate, as well as to move briskly, to be mad, furious, in a rage; and certainly the former meaning suits this place best. We cannot think that the wise man - he that is truly religious, (for this is its meaning in the language of Solomon), can be made mad by any kind of oppression; but as he trusts in God, so in patience he possesses his soul.
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Ecclesiastes 7:7
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Hebrew
טוֹב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֽ͏ֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ טוֹב אֶֽרֶךְ־רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רֽוּחַ׃tvov-'achariyt-davar-mere'shiytvo-tvov-'erekhe-rvcha-migevah-rvcha
KJV: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
AKJV: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ASV: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
YLT: Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:8Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Verse 8 Better is the end - We can then judge of the whole, and especially if the matter relate to the conduct of Divine Providence. At the beginning we are often apt to make very rash conjectures, and often suppose that such and such things are against us; and that every thing is going wrong. Dr. Byrom gives good advice on such a subject: - "With patient mind thy course of duty run: God nothing does, nor suffers to be done, But thou wouldst do thyself, couldst thou but see The and of all events, as well as He." I may add, in the words of our paraphrast: - "Wait the result, nor ask with frantic rage Why God permits such things. His ways, though now Involved in clouds and darkness, will appear All right, when from thine eyes the mist is cleared. Till then, to learn submission to his will More wisdom shows, than vainly thus to attempt Exploring what thou canst not comprehend, And God for wisest ends thinks fit to hide." C.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8
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- Ovid
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Hebrew
אַל־תְּבַהֵל בְּרֽוּחֲךָ לִכְעוֹס כִּי כַעַס בְּחֵיק כְּסִילִים יָנֽוּחַ׃'al-tevahel-vervchakha-likhe'vos-khiy-kha'as-vecheyq-khesiyliym-yanvcha
KJV: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
AKJV: Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
ASV: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
YLT: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:9Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
Verse 9 Anger resteth in the bosom of fools - A wise man, off his guard, may feel it for a moment: but in him it cannot rest: it is a fire which he immediately casts out of his breast. But the fool - the man who is under the dominion of his own tempers, harbors and fosters it, till it takes the form of malice, and then excites him to seek full revenge on those whom he deems enemies. Hence that class of dangerous and empty fools called duellists.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Hebrew
אַל־תֹּאמַר מֶה הָיָה שֶׁהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָיוּ טוֹבִים מֵאֵלֶּה כִּי לֹא מֵחָכְמָה שָׁאַלְתָּ עַל־זֶֽה׃'al-to'mar-meh-hayah-shehayamiym-hari'shoniym-hayv-tvoviym-me'eleh-khiy-lo'-mechakhemah-sha'aleta-'al-zeh
KJV: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
AKJV: Say not you, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this. ¶
ASV: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
YLT: Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:10Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Verse 10 The former days were better than these? - This is a common saying; and it is as foolish as it is common. There is no weight nor truth in it; but men use it to excuse their crimes, and the folly of their conduct. "In former times, say they, men might be more religious, use more self-denial, be more exemplary." This is all false. In former days men were wicked as they are now, and religion was unfashionable: God also is the same now as he was then; as just, as merciful, as ready to help: and there is no depravity in the age that will excuse your crimes, your follies, and your carelessness. Among the oriental proverbs I find the following: "Many say, This is a corrupt age. This mode of speaking is not just, it is not the age that is corrupt, but the men of the age."
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Ecclesiastes 7:10
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Hebrew
טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִֽם־נַחֲלָה וְיֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃tvovah-chakhemah-'im-nachalah-veyoter-lero'ey-hashamesh
KJV: Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
AKJV: Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
ASV: Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
YLT: Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
Verse 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance - In this chapter Solomon introduces many observations which appear to be made by objectors against his doctrine; and as he was satisfied of their futility, he proposes them in their own full strength, and then combats and destroys them. It is quite necessary to attend to this; else we shall take the objector's words for those of Solomon; and think, as some have done, that the wise man contradicts and refutes himself. Observations, reflections, and objections of friends and adversaries are frequently introduced in the works of ancient authors, without mentioning them as such. This is frequent, more particularly in ethic writers; and we have many specimens in Horace, and without this distinction, it would be impossible to make sense of some of his writings. Here, an objector who had listened to the wise man declaiming in favor of wisdom, suddenly interrupts him, and says in effect, "I grant the truth of what you have said. Wisdom is very good in its place; but what is it without property? A man who has a good inheritance may be profited by wisdom, because it will show him how to manage it to the best advantage."
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
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- Solomon
- Observations
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- Here
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Hebrew
כִּי בְּצֵל הַֽחָכְמָה בְּצֵל הַכָּסֶף וְיִתְרוֹן דַּעַת הַֽחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃khiy-vetzel-hachakhemah-vetzel-hakhasef-veyitervon-da'at-hachakhemah-techayeh-ve'aleyha
KJV: For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
AKJV: For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it.
ASV: For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
YLT: For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is , She reviveth her possessors.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
Verse 12 Wisdom is a defense - To whom Solomon answers: All true wisdom is most undoubtedly a great advantage to men in all circumstances; and money is also of great use: but it cannot be compared to wisdom. Knowledge of Divine and human things is a great blessing. Money is the means of supporting our animal life: but wisdom - the religion of the true God - gives life to them that have it. Money cannot procure the favor of God, nor give life to the soul.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:13
Hebrew
רְאֵה אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי מִי יוּכַל לְתַקֵּן אֵת אֲשֶׁר עִוְּתֽוֹ׃re'eh-'et-ma'asheh-ha'elohiym-khiy-miy-yvkhal-letaqen-'et-'asher-'ivetvo
KJV: Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
AKJV: Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
ASV: Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
YLT: See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
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Ecclesiastes 7:13
Verse 13 Consider the work of God - Such is the nature of his providence, that it puts money into the hands of few: but wisdom is within the reach of all. The first is not necessary to happiness; therefore, it is not offered to men; the latter is; and therefore God, in his goodness, offers it to the whole human race. The former can rarely be acquired, for God puts it out of the reach of most men, and you cannot make that straight which he has made crooked; the latter may be easily attained by every person who carefully and seriously seeks it from God.
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Ecclesiastes 7:13
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- Ovid
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
Hebrew
בְּיוֹם טוֹבָה הֱיֵה בְטוֹב וּבְיוֹם רָעָה רְאֵה גַּם אֶת־זֶה לְעֻמַּת־זֶה עָשָׂה הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל־דִּבְרַת שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא הָֽאָדָם אַחֲרָיו מְאֽוּמָה׃veyvom-tvovah-heyeh-vetvov-vveyvom-ra'ah-re'eh-gam-'et-zeh-le'umat-zeh-'ashah-ha'elohiym-'al-diverat-shelo'-yimetza'-ha'adam-'acharayv-me'vmah
KJV: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
AKJV: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
ASV: In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.
YLT: In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
Verse 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful - When ye receive these temporal gifts from God, enjoy them, and be thankful to the Giver: but remember, this sunshine will not always last. God has balanced prosperity and adversity against each other; and were it not so, how many would put the former in the place of God himself!
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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- Giver
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
Hebrew
אֶת־הַכֹּל רָאִיתִי בִּימֵי הֶבְלִי יֵשׁ צַדִּיק אֹבֵד בְּצִדְקוֹ וְיֵשׁ רָשָׁע מַאֲרִיךְ בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃'et-hakhol-ra'iytiy-viymey-heveliy-yesh-tzadiyq-'oved-vetzideqvo-veyesh-rasha'-ma'ariykhe-vera'atvo
KJV: All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
AKJV: All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.
ASV: All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.
YLT: The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:15Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
Verse 15 There is a just man that perisheth - This is another objection as if he had said, "I also have had considerable experience; and I have not discovered any marked approbation of the conduct of the righteous, or disapprobation of that of the wicked. On the contrary, I have seen a righteous man perish, while employed in the work of righteousness; and a wicked man prosperous, and even exalted, while living wickedly. The former is indeed a victim to his righteousness, while the life and prosperity of the latter were preserved: hence I conclude, it is not prudent, whatever good there may be in religion, and whatever excellence in wisdom, that men should be overmuch righteous, or over-wise: for why should they by austerity and hard study destroy themselves?" So far the objector.
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Hebrew
אַל־תְּהִי צַדִּיק הַרְבֵּה וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּם יוֹתֵר לָמָּה תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם׃'al-tehiy-tzadiyq-hareveh-ve'al-titechakham-yvoter-lamah-tishvomem
KJV: Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
AKJV: Be not righteous over much; neither make yourself over wise: why should you destroy yourself?
ASV: Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
YLT: Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
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Ecclesiastes 7:16
Verse 16 Why shouldest thou destroy thyself? - תשומם tishshomem, make thyself desolate, so that thou shalt be obliged to stand alone; neither make thyself over-wise, תתחכם tithchaccam, do not pretend to abundance of wisdom. Why shouldest thou be so singular? In other words, and in modern language, "There is no need of all this watching, fasting, praying, self-denial, etc., you carry things to extremes. Why should you wish to be reputed singular and precise?" To this the man of God answers:
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Ecclesiastes 7:16
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- Ray
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Hebrew
אַל־תִּרְשַׁע הַרְבֵּה וְאַל־תְּהִי סָכָל לָמָּה תָמוּת בְּלֹא עִתֶּֽךָ׃'al-tiresha'-hareveh-ve'al-tehiy-sakhal-lamah-tamvt-velo'-'itekha
KJV: Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
AKJV: Be not over much wicked, neither be you foolish: why should you die before your time?
ASV: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
YLT: Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
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Ecclesiastes 7:17
Verse 17 Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? - אל תרשע הרבה al tirsha harbeh. Do not multiply wickedness, do not add direct opposition to godliness to the rest of your crimes. Why should you provoke God to destroy you before your time? Perdition will come soon enough. If you will not turn from your sins, and avoid it finally, yet keep out of it as long as you can. It cannot be supposed, except by those who are totally unacquainted with the nature of true religion, that a man may have too much holiness, too much of the life of God in his soul! And yet a learned doctor, in three sermons on this text, has endeavored to show, out-doing Solomon's infidel, "the sin, folly, and danger of being righteous overmuch." O rare darkness!
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Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:17
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
Hebrew
טוֹב אֲשֶׁר תֶּאֱחֹז בָּזֶה וְגַם־מִזֶּה אַל־תַּנַּח אֶת־יָדֶךָ כִּֽי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃tvov-'asher-te'echoz-vazeh-vegam-mizeh-'al-tanach-'et-yadekha-khiy-yere'-'elohiym-yetze'-'et-khulam
KJV: It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
AKJV: It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth of them all.
ASV: It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
YLT: It is good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:18Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
Verse 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold or this - Do not let such an observation slip: take hold of this; do not forget that. Get what you can in an honest way; but do not forget to get true religion; for he that fears God will be saved from all evil.
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Hebrew
הַֽחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵֽעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִֽיר׃hachakhemah-ta'oz-lechakham-me'asharah-shaliytiym-'asher-hayv-va'iyr
KJV: Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
AKJV: Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
ASV: Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
YLT: The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Verse 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise - One wise, thoroughly learned, and scientific man, may be of more use in fortifying and defending a city, than ten princes. Witness the case of Syracuse, when attacked by the Romans both by sea and land. Archimedes, by his engines, burnt and dashed their fleet to pieces, and destroyed all that came near the walls. And had not the city been betrayed and he killed, all their force and skill could not have taken it.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
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- Ray
- Syracuse
- Archimedes
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Hebrew
כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה־טּוֹב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָֽא׃khiy-'adam-'eyn-tzadiyq-va'aretz-'asher-ya'asheh-tvov-velo'-yecheta'
KJV: For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
AKJV: For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not.
ASV: Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
YLT: Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ecclesiastes 7:20Generated editorial synthesis
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
Ecclesiastes 7:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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- Ecclesiastes 7:20
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Hebrew
גַּם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּרוּ אַל־תִּתֵּן לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־תִשְׁמַע אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃gam-lekhal-hadevariym-'asher-yedaverv-'al-titen-livekha-'asher-lo'-tishema'-'et-'avedekha-meqalelekha
KJV: Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
AKJV: Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you:
ASV: Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
YLT: Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
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Ecclesiastes 7:21
Verse 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken - This is good advice, and much for every man's peace through life. Thy servant curse thee - מקללך mekallelecha, make light of thee, speak evil of thee.
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Ecclesiastes 7:21
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:22
Hebrew
כִּי גַּם־פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת יָדַע לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר גַּם־את אַתָּה קִלַּלְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים׃khiy-gam-fe'amiym-ravvot-yada'-livekha-'asher-gam-'t-'atah-qilaleta-'acheriym
KJV: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
AKJV: For oftentimes also your own heart knows that you yourself likewise have cursed others. ¶
ASV: for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
YLT: For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:22Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:22
Verse 22 Thou thyself - hast cursed others - קללת kalalta, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbor's faults, from whispering, talebearing, and backbiting? Do not wonder if God, in his justice, permit thee to be calumniated, seeing thou hast so frequently calumniated others. See my discourse on Psa 15:1-5 (note).
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Ecclesiastes 7:22
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
Hebrew
כָּל־זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַֽחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃khal-zoh-nisiytiy-vachakhemah-'amaretiy-'echekhamah-vehiy'-rechvoqah-mimeniy
KJV: All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
AKJV: All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
ASV: All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
YLT: All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it is far from me.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:23Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:23
Verse 23 All this have I proved by wisdom - These rules I have laid down for my own conduct, and sought after more wisdom; but have fallen far short of what I wished to be.
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Ecclesiastes 7:23
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
Hebrew
רָחוֹק מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה וְעָמֹק ׀ עָמֹק מִי יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃rachvoq-mah-shehayah-ve'amoq- -'amoq-miy-yimetza'env
KJV: That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
AKJV: That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
ASV: That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
YLT: Far off is that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:24Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:24
Verse 24 That which is far off - Though the wisdom that is essential to our salvation may be soon learned, through the teaching of the Spirit of wisdom, yet in wisdom itself there are extents and depths which none can reach or fathom.
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Ecclesiastes 7:24
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
Hebrew
סַבּוֹתִֽי אֲנִי וְלִבִּי לָדַעַת וְלָתוּר וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃savvotiy-'aniy-veliviy-lada'at-velatvr-vvaqesh-chakhemah-vecheshevvon-velada'at-resha'-khesel-vehasikhelvt-hvolelvot
KJV: I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
AKJV: I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
ASV: I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
YLT: I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:25Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
Verse 25 I applied mine heart - I cast about, סבותי sabbothi, I made a circuit; I circumscribed the ground I was to traverse; and all within my circle I was determined to know, and to investigate, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things. Has man reason and understanding? If so, then this is his work. God as much calls him to use these powers in this way, as to believe on the Lord Jesus that he may be saved; and he that does not, according to the means in his power, is a slothful servant, from whom God may justly take away the misemployed or not used talent, and punish him for his neglect. Every doctrine of God is a subject both for reason and faith to work on. To know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness - "And my own heart, with scrutiny severe, By far the harder task survey'd; intent To trace that wisdom which from heaven descends, Fountain of living waters, and to explore The source of human folly, whose foul streams Intoxicate and kill." - C.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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- Jesus
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
Hebrew
וּמוֹצֶא אֲנִי מַר מִמָּוֶת אֶת־הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא מְצוֹדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִבָּהּ אֲסוּרִים יָדֶיהָ טוֹב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים יִמָּלֵט מִמֶּנָּה וְחוֹטֵא יִלָּכֶד בָּֽהּ׃vmvotze'-'aniy-mar-mimavet-'et-ha'ishah-'asher-hiy'-metzvodiym-vacharamiym-livah-'asvriym-yadeyha-tvov-lifeney-ha'elohiym-yimalet-mimenah-vechvote'-yilakhed-vah
KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
AKJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
ASV: And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
YLT: And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:26Quoted commentary witness
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Ecclesiastes 7:26
Verse 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman - After all his investigation of the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness, he found nothing equally dangerous and ruinous with the blandishments of cunning women. When once the affections are entangled, escape without ruin is almost impossible. Whoso pleaseth God - The man who walks with God, and he alone, shall escape this sore evil: and even he that fears God, if he get with an artful woman, may be soon robbed of his strength, and become like other men. A bad or artful woman is represented as a company of hunters, with nets, gins, etc., to catch their prey.
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Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:26
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Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:27
Hebrew
רְאֵה זֶה מָצָאתִי אָמְרָה קֹהֶלֶת אַחַת לְאַחַת לִמְצֹא חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃re'eh-zeh-matza'tiy-'amerah-qohelet-'achat-le'achat-limetzo'-cheshevvon
KJV: Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
AKJV: Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
ASV: Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
YLT: See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:27
Verse 27 Counting one by one - I have gone over every particular. I have compared one thing with another; man with woman, his wisdom with her wiles; his strength with her blandishments; his influence with her ascendancy; his powers of reason with her arts and cunning; and in a thousand men, I have found one thoroughly upright man; but among one thousand women I have not found one such. This is a lamentable account of the state of morals in Judea, in the days of the wise King Solomon. Thank God! it would not be difficult to get a tithe of both in the same number in the present day. The Targum gives this a curious turn: "There is another thing which my soul has sought, but could not find: a man perfect and innocent, and without corruption, from the days of Adam until Abraham the just was born; who was found faithful and upright among the thousand kings who came together to construct the tower of Babel: but a woman like to Sarah among the wives of all those kings I have not found."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:27
Source lane
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Targum
- Judea
- King Solomon
- Babel
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Hebrew
אֲשֶׁר עוֹד־בִּקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי אָדָם אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי וְאִשָּׁה בְכָל־אֵלֶּה לֹא מָצָֽאתִי׃'asher-'vod-viqeshah-nafeshiy-velo'-matza'tiy-'adam-'echad-me'elef-matza'tiy-ve'ishah-vekhal-'eleh-lo'-matza'tiy
KJV: Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
AKJV: Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
ASV: which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
YLT: (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ecclesiastes 7:28Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Ecclesiastes 7:28 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:28
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Ecclesiastes 7:28
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Hebrew
לְבַד רְאֵה־זֶה מָצָאתִי אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת רַבִּֽים׃levad-re'eh-zeh-matza'tiy-'asher-'ashah-ha'elohiym-'et-ha'adam-yashar-vehemah-viqeshv-chishevonvot-raviym
KJV: Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
AKJV: See, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ASV: Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
YLT: See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.
Commentary WitnessEcclesiastes 7:29Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Verse 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright - Whatever evil may be now found among men and women, it is not of God; for God made them all upright. This is a singular verse, and has been most variously translated: עשה האלהים את האדם ישר והמה בקשו חשבנות רבים asah haelohim eth haadam yashar vehemhah bikkeshu chishbonoth rabbim. "Elohim has made mankind upright, and they have sought many computations." "He hath meddled with endless questions." - Vulgate. "Many reasonings." - Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. "They seek dyverse sotylties." Coverdale. And he himself mengide with questions without eend. - Old MS. Bible. The Targum considers the text as speaking of Adam and Eve. "This have I found out, that the Lord made the first man upright before him, and innocent: but the serpent and Eve seduced him to eat of the fruit of the tree, which gave the power to those who ate of it to discern between good and evil; and was the cause that death came upon him, and all the inhabitants of the earth; and they sought that they might find out many stratagems to bring this evil upon all the inhabitants of the world." I doubt much whether the word חשבנות chishbonoth should be taken in a bad sense. It may signify the whole of human devices, imaginations, inventions, artifice, with all their products; arts, sciences, schemes, plans, and all that they have found out for the destruction or melioration of life. God has given man wondrous faculties; and of them he has made strange uses, and sovereign abuses: and they have been, in consequence, at one time his help, and at another his bane. This is the fair way of understanding this question.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:29
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Targum
- Lo
- Syriac
- Arabic
- Coverdale
- Bible
- Eve
Exposition: Ecclesiastes 7:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:1
- Ecclesiastes 7:2
- Ecclesiastes 7:3
- Ecclesiastes 7:4
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
- Ecclesiastes 7:6
- Ecclesiastes 7:7
- Ecclesiastes 7:8
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:10
- Ecclesiastes 7:11
- Ecclesiastes 7:12
- Ecclesiastes 7:13
- Ecclesiastes 7:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:15
- Ecclesiastes 7:16
- Ecclesiastes 7:17
- Ecclesiastes 7:18
- Ecclesiastes 7:19
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
- Ecclesiastes 7:21
- Ecclesiastes 7:22
- Ecclesiastes 7:23
- Ecclesiastes 7:24
- Ecclesiastes 7:25
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
- Ecclesiastes 7:27
- Ecclesiastes 7:28
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ovid
- Providence
- But
- Divine Providence
- Dr
- He
- Solomon
- Observations
- Horace
- Here
- Giver
- Ray
- Syracuse
- Archimedes
- Jesus
- Targum
- Judea
- King Solomon
- Babel
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Lo
- Syriac
- Arabic
- Coverdale
- Bible
- Eve
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
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Ephesians
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Philippians
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Colossians
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1 Thessalonians
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2 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
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2 Timothy
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Titus
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Philemon
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Hebrews
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James
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1 Peter
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2 Peter
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1 John
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2 John
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3 John
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Jude
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Revelation
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Commentary Witness
Ecclesiastes 7:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Ecclesiastes 7:1
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