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Text -- Ecclesiastes 10:3 (NET)

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10:3 Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Ecc 10:3 - -- In his daily conversation.

In his daily conversation.

Wesley: Ecc 10:3 - -- He discovers his folly to all that meet him.

He discovers his folly to all that meet him.

JFB: Ecc 10:3 - -- In his ordinary course; in his simplest acts (Pro 6:12-14). That he "saith," virtually, "that he" himself, &c. [Septuagint]. But Vulgate, "He thinks t...

In his ordinary course; in his simplest acts (Pro 6:12-14). That he "saith," virtually, "that he" himself, &c. [Septuagint]. But Vulgate, "He thinks that every one (else whom he meets) is a fool."

Clarke: Ecc 10:3 - -- When - a fool walketh by the way - In every act of life, and in every company he frequents, the irreligious man shows what he is. Vanity, nonsense, ...

When - a fool walketh by the way - In every act of life, and in every company he frequents, the irreligious man shows what he is. Vanity, nonsense, and wickedness are his themes: so that in effect he saith to every one that he is a fool.

TSK: Ecc 10:3 - -- wisdom : Heb. heart and he : Ecc 5:3; Pro 13:16, Pro 18:2, Pro 18:6; 1Pe 4:4

wisdom : Heb. heart

and he : Ecc 5:3; Pro 13:16, Pro 18:2, Pro 18:6; 1Pe 4:4

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Ecc 10:3 - -- "Way"may be understood either literally (compare Ecc 10:15), or figuratively, of the course of action which he follows. He saith ... - He expo...

"Way"may be understood either literally (compare Ecc 10:15), or figuratively, of the course of action which he follows.

He saith ... - He exposes his folly to every one he meets.

Poole: Ecc 10:3 - -- Walketh by the way not only in great undertakings, but in his daily conversation with men, in his looks, and gestures, and common talk. His wisdom f...

Walketh by the way not only in great undertakings, but in his daily conversation with men, in his looks, and gestures, and common talk.

His wisdom faileth him or, he wants a heart ; as if he had said, Did I say, his heart is at his left hand? I must recall it, for in truth he hath no heart in him.

He saith to every one that he is a fool he publicly discovers his folly to all that meet him, or converse with him.

Haydock: Ecc 10:3 - -- Fools. People judge others by themselves. (Calmet) --- Thus Nero could not believe that any were chaste. (Suetonius)

Fools. People judge others by themselves. (Calmet) ---

Thus Nero could not believe that any were chaste. (Suetonius)

Gill: Ecc 10:3 - -- Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way,.... The king's highway, the common road; as he passeth along the streets, going to any place, or ...

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way,.... The king's highway, the common road; as he passeth along the streets, going to any place, or about any business:

his wisdom faileth him; or "his heart" p; he appears by his gait, his manner of walking, to want a heart, to be a fool; walking with a froward mouth, winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, and teaching with his fingers; all which shows the frowardness and folly of his heart, Pro 6:12; or he discovers it throughout his conversation, in all the actions of it, in whatsoever business he is concerned, and in all the affairs of life. The Targum is,

"when he walketh in a perplexed way;''

then his wisdom fails him; he does not know which way to take, whether to the right or left: this can never be understood of the highway of holiness, in which men, though fools, shall not err, Isa 35:8;

and he saith to everyone that he is a fool; his folly is manifest to all; he betrays it, by his words and actions, to every man he has to do with; his sins and transgressions, which are his folly, he hides not, they are evident to all; and, as the Targum expresses it,

"all say he is a fool:''

though indeed he himself says this of every other man, that he is a fool; for, according to the Vulgate Latin version, he, being a fool himself, thinks everybody else is so.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 10:3 A fool’s lack of wisdom is obvious to everyone, even when he is engaged in the simple, ordinary actions of life.

Geneva Bible: Ecc 10:3 Also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he ( b ) saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool. ( b ) By his doings...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Ecc 10:1-20 - --1 Observations of wisdom and folly;16 of riot;18 slothfulness;19 and money.20 Men's thoughts of kings ought to be reverent.

MHCC: Ecc 10:1-3 - --Those especially who make a profession of religion, should keep from all appearances of evil. A wise man has great advantage over a fool, who is alway...

Matthew Henry: Ecc 10:1-3 - -- In these verses Solomon shows, I. What great need wise men have to take heed of being guilty of any instance of folly; for a little folly is a gre...

Keil-Delitzsch: Ecc 10:2-3 - -- A double proverb regarding wisdom and folly in their difference: "The heart of a wise man is directed to his right hand, and the heart of the fool t...

Keil-Delitzsch: Ecc 10:3 - -- This proverb forms, along with the preceding, a tetrastich, for it is divided into two parts by vav . The Kerı̂ has removed the art. in כש an...

Constable: Ecc 6:10--11:7 - --III. THE LIMITATIONS OF WISDOM 6:10--11:6 Clues in the text indicate the value and purpose of 6:10-11:6. The phr...

Constable: Ecc 9:1--11:7 - --C. Man's Ignorance of the Future 9:1-11:6 The emphasis in this section (9:1-11:6) is on what man does no...

Constable: Ecc 9:11--10:12 - --2. The future of the wise on earth 9:11-10:11 Solomon's emphasis in 9:2-10 was on the fact that a righteous person could not be more certain of his or...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title is Koheleth, which the speaker in it applies to himself (Ecc 1:12), "I, Koheleth, was king over Israel." It means an Assembler or Con...

JFB: Ecclesiastes (Outline) INTRODUCTION. (Ecc. 1:1-18)

TSK: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Ecc 10:1, Observations of wisdom and folly; Ecc 10:16, of riot; Ecc 10:18, slothfulness; Ecc 10:19, and money; Ecc 10:20, Men’s thought...

Poole: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10 Observations on wisdom and folly, Ecc 10:1-3 . Of rulers, Ecc 10:4-7 . Of wrong and injustice, Ecc 10:8-10 . Of talkativeness, imprudenc...

MHCC: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) The name of this book signifies " The Preacher." The wisdom of God here preaches to us, speaking by Solomon, who it is evident was the author. At the...

MHCC: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Ecc 10:1-3) To preserve a character for wisdom. (Ecc 10:4-10) Respecting subjects and rulers. (Ecc 10:11-15) Of foolish talk. (Ecc 10:16-20) Dutie...

Matthew Henry: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Ecclesiastes We are still among Solomon's happy men, his happy servants, that stood contin...

Matthew Henry: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter seems to be like Solomon's proverbs, a collection of wise sayings and observations, rather than a part of his sermon; but the preacher...

Constable: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew text is all of verse 1. The Se...

Constable: Ecclesiastes (Outline)

Constable: Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes Bibliography Archer, Gleason L., Jr. "The Linguistic Evidence for the Date of Ecclesiastes'." Jour...

Haydock: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) ECCLESIASTES. INTRODUCTION. This Book is called Ecclesiastes, or the preacher, (in Hebrew, Coheleth ) because in it Solomon, as an excelle...

Gill: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES This book has been universally received into the canon of the Scriptures, by Jews and Christians. The former, indeed, ...

Gill: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES 10 This chapter treats of the difference between wisdom and folly; and of the preferableness of the one, to the other,...

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