What Does Ecclesiastes 7:10 Mean?

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“Say”

to say (used with great latitude)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“not thou What is the cause that the former”

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“were better”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

these or those

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“wisely”

wisdom (in a good sense)

“than these for thou dost not enquire”

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that