Ecclesiastes 10
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| V1 "a little folly"(סִכְלוּת)[1] is costly[2] for wisdom (in administration)[3] [and] glory, honour, glorious, abundance(מִכָּב֖וֹד)[4]. |
| V2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand(לִֽימִינ֔וֹ)[5]; but a fool's heart at his left(לִֽשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ)[6] . The word form of "left" only appears in Jonah 4[7]Jesus had something to say about the left and the right hand.[8] |
| V3 "A fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth" because when he does as the fool it darkens his mind so that he cannot see clearly. |
| V4 "If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave (normally יָנַח but in this text we see תַּנַּ֑ח TavNunChet) [9] not thy place; for yielding ((healing) מַרְפֵא)[10] pacifieth(the same root word for leave יָנַח YodNunChet is changed here in the text where we see יַנִּ֖יחַ YodNunYodChet) [9] great offences." The teacher/gatherer equates this foolishness with a ruler or the spirit of one who rules. Saul was a foolish ruler when he forced a sacrifice with the right hand of his power as king. He rose up against the right of the people to choose to give. |
| V5 There is an evil which proceedeth from the ruler that is an error(Begins with a Kaf and includes a double Gimel (כִּשְׁגָגָ֕ה))[11]. What was the error of Saul and the error of the pharisees which made the word of God to none effect? Was it their Corban? What did Jesus say about the governments of the gentiles who exercise authority? |
| V6 Folly is set in great dignity(elevated), and the rich sit in low place. |
| V7 "servants upon horses" The king was not to multiply his horses, which is to say he was not to raise an army against the people. According to Deuteronomy 17 that was to be written in your constitution. But here the servants multiply horses. The bureaucracy itself becomes the army. They become the swarms of office that eat out the substance of the people. They are the locust. This of course makes the people who are suppose to ne the "princes"(וְשָׂרִ֛ים)[12] of the government of, for, and, by the people[13] to be "walking as servants(bondsmen)". |
| V8 "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it;" is another metaphor like the table that a snare, the the one purse that is a net, the biting that gets you devoured. |
| V9 our own actions put us in danger. We fail to see[14] one truth and many others may fall on us. |
| V10We must seek righteousness like a sharp knife or the work will get harder.[15] |
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A little Foly makes wisdom stink
1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly(סִכְלוּת)[1] him that is in reputation[2] for wisdom[3] and honour(מִכָּב֖וֹד)[4].
2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
The fool's wisdom fails
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
The evil error of rulers
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Dig a pit for your trap
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The effect of a fool is mischief
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness(סִכְלוּת)[1]: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
A fool cannot be told
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
When the kings son is noble
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
For sloth and idleness
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Curse not the king
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 05531 סִכְלוּת cikluwth [sik-looth’] or שׂכלות sikluwth (#Ec 1:17) [sik-looth’] from 05528 סָכַל cakal used in 1 Samuel 13:13; n f; [BDB-698a] [{See TWOT on 1493 @@ "1493c" }] [{See TWOT on 1493 @@ "1493d" }] AV-folly 5, foolishness 2; 7
- 1) folly, foolishness
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly <05531>: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly <05531>, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly <05531>: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly <05531>, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 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<03689 - כֶּסֶל kecel flank, hope>, even of foolishness <05531> [and] madness:
- Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly <05531> him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour... 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness <05531>: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 03368 יָקָר yaqar [yaw-kawr’] from 03365 to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, v; adj; [BDB-429b, BDB-891a] [{See TWOT on 905 @@ "905a" }] AV-precious 25, costly 4, excellent 2, brightness 1, clear 1, fat 1, reputation 1, honourable women 1; 36
- 1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid
- 1a) precious
- 1a1) costly
- 1a2) precious, highly valued
- 1a3) precious stones or jewels
- 1b) rare
- 1c) glorious, splendid
- 1d) weighty, influential
- 1a) precious
- 1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 02451 חָכְמָה chokmah ChetKafMemHey[khok-maw’] from 02449 chakam wise; n f; [BDB-315a] [{See TWOT on 647 @@ "647a" }] AV-wisdom 145, wisely 2, skilful man 1, wits 1; 149
- 1) wisdom
- 1a) skill (in war)
- 1b) wisdom (in administration)
- 1c) shrewdness, wisdom
- 1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
- 1e) wisdom (ethical and religious)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- כ ך Kaf K Crown: To Actualize Potential power from spiritual to physical realm [to cover, strength] (Numeric value: 20)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) wisdom
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 03519 ^דובכ^ kabowd \@kaw-bode’\@ rarely ^דבכ^ kabod \@kaw-bode’\@ from 03513 honour; n m; {See TWOT on 943 @@ "943d"} {See TWOT on 943 @@ "943e"} AV-glory 156, honour 32, glorious 10, gloriously 1, honourable 1; 200
- 1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance
- 1a) abundance, riches
- 1b) honour, splendour, glory
- 1c) honour, dignity
- 1d) honour, reputation
- 1e) honour, reverence, glory
- 1f) glory
- Strong's Definition: From 3513 כּבד kâbêd "to be heavy, be weighty", "cause to be honoured"; properly weight ; but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness: - glorious (-ly), glory, honour (-able).
- 1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance
- ↑ 03225 ^ןימי^ yamiyn \@yaw-meen’\@ from 03231; n f; {See TWOT on 872 @@ "872a"} AV-hand 105, right 24, side 5, south 3, lefthanded + 0334 2; 139
- 1) right, right hand, right side
- 1a) right hand
- 1b) right (of direction)
- 1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)
- 1) right, right hand, right side
- ↑ 08040 שְׂמֹאול sëmo’wl [sem-ole’] or שׂמאל sëmo’l [sem-ole’] a primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as 08071 wrapper, mantle, covering garment, (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]; n m; [BDB-969b] [{See TWOT on 2267 @@ "2267a" }] AV-left 36, left hand 17, left side 1; 54
- 1) the left, the left hand, the left side
- 1a) left
- 1b) left hand
- 1c) north (as one faces east)
- 1) the left, the left hand, the left side
- ↑ Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
- ↑ Matthew 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 03240 יָנַח yanach [yaw-nakh’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-628b] [{See TWOT on 1323 }] AV-leave 24, up 10, lay 8, suffer 5, place 4, put 4, set 4, … down 4, let alone 4, … him 2, bestowed 1, leave off 1, pacifieth 1, still 1, withdraw 1, withhold 1; 75
- 1) to rest
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
- 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
- 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
- 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
- 1b4) to let remain, leave
- 1b5) to leave, depart from
- 1b6) to abandon
- 1b7) to permit
- 1c) (Hophal)
- 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
- 1c2) to be left, be placed
- 1c3) open space (subst)
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to rest
- ↑ 04832 מַרְפֵא marpe’ [mar-pay’] from 07495 רָפָא rapha’ to heal or make healthy; n m; [BDB-951a] [{See TWOT on 2196 @@ "2196c" }] AV-health 5, healing 3, remedy 3, incurable + 0369 1, cure 1, sound 1, wholesome 1, yielding 1; 16
- ) health, healing, cure
- 1a) healing, cure
- 1b) health, profit, sound (of mind)
- 1c) healing
- 1c1) incurable (with negative)
- ) health, healing, cure
- ↑ 07684 שְׁגָגָה shëgagah [sheg-aw-gaw’] from 07683 שָׁגַג shagag a verb to go astray, err, commit sin or error; n f; [BDB-993a] [{See TWOT on 2324 @@ "2324a" }] AV-(through, in … ) ignorance 12, unawares 4, error 2, unwittingly 1; 19
- 1) sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin
- 1a) error
- 1) sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin
- ↑ 08269 ^רשׂ^ sar \@sar\@ ShinReish from 08323 ShinReishReish with a double Reish to rule and act like a prince... to lord it over; n m; {See TWOT on 2295 @@ "2295a"} AV-prince 208, captain 130, chief 33, ruler 33, governor 6, keeper 3, principal 2, general 1, lords 1, misc 4; 421
- 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- 1a) chieftain, leader
- 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)
- 1c) captain, general, commander (military)
- 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
- 1e) heads, princes (of religious office)
- 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)
- 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
- 1h) patron-angel
- 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)
- 1j) warden
- 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- ↑ Is the Bible about religion which it seldom mentions only once in a good way as Pure Religion or is it about governments and law including Natural Law? "This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." is attributed to the General Prologue to the John Wycliffe Bible translation of 1384, as Lincoln quoted at Gettysburg.
- ↑ Hear and see
- Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
- Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- 1 Samuel 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
- Judges 10:14 "Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
- Ezekiel 12:2 "Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they [are] a rebellious house."
- Proverbs 20:12 ¶ "The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them."
- Isaiah 1:15 "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- Isaiah 6:9 ¶ "And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed."
- Isaiah 59:2 "But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear."
- Isaiah 65:12 "Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose [that] wherein I delighted not."
- Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
- Jeremiah 25:4 "And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them..."
- Matthew 10:14 "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet."
- Mark 6:11 "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city."
- John 8:43 "Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word."
- John 12:38 "That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."
- Acts 28:26 "Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
- Romans 11:7 "What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."
- 2 Corinthians 3:15 "But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart."
- Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"
- ↑ My burden
- Matthew 11:30 "For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light."
- Proverbs 3:17 "Her (wisdom... more precious than rubies.) ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths(netîbōwtehā) [are] peace(07965)."
- Acts 15:28 "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;"
- Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
- 1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."
- Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."