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Ecclesiastes 7:10 Cross-References
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“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. wisely: Heb. out of wisdom”
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? (אַל־תֹּאמַר מֶה הָיָה שֶׁהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָיוּ טוֹבִים מֵאֵלֶּה, al-tomar meh hayah she'hayamim ha'rishonim hayu tovim me'eleh)—The rhetorical question exposes nostalgia's deception. 'Former days' (yamim ha'rishonim) refers to the idealized past, imagined as 'better' (tovim) than the present.For thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this (כִּי לֹא מֵחָכְמָה שָׁאַלְתָּ עַל־זֶה, ki lo mechokhmah sha'alta al-zeh)—Such questions arise 'not from wisdom' (lo mechokhmah). The verb sha'alta means 'you ask' or 'inqui...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:10
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“to see if there were any who did understand”
“and the earth was filled with violence.”
“Oh”
“Where is the bill of your mother's divorce”
“they became fools”
“to burn incense to the queen of the sky”
“in no way. For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks”