Ecclesiastes 7:17
“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Be not over much wicked,.... Not that a man should be wicked at all; but some, observing that wicked men prolong their…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 7:15-17
The days of my vanity - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecc 1:12 note). The meaning may be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:11-22
Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Be not over much wicked There seems something like a paradox in the counsel. Surely, we think, the teacher is carrying…
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