The word אשר standing at the commencement indicates that the searching and not finding refer to the matter mentioned in the previous verse, namely, wisdom, speculation. Ecclesiastes 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. However that verse may be read as a declaration that, "No one knows what is good for man." A woman - The number of Solomon‘s wives and concubines 1 Kings 11:3 was a thousand. It is not thus that the commerce of love is carried on. Ecclesiastes 7:28. 2. Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king… The wise man proceeds to show the vanity of worldly power and dignity, in the highest instance of it, which is kingly; and, in order to illustrate and exemplify this, he supposes, on the one hand, a person possessed of royal honour; who has long enjoyed it, is settled in his kingdom, and advanced in … If, as some have thought, the thousand women reviewed were the three hundred wives and seven hundred concubines of the Solomonic harem, no wonder if the poor things were no better! But undoubtedly it is not his intention to renounce all claim to the honour of being an "upright," "good" man. II. Mohammed said, that only four good women had ever lived: the wife of Pharaoh, the mother of Jesus, and his own wife and daughter. He was very earnest and diligent in his inquiry; he took a great deal of pains, and was exceedingly solicitous; he sought with great intenseness of mind, and with an eager desire, to find out a chaste and virtuous woman among them all, but could not; one man among a thousand have I found; it is a great rarity to find a good man, truly wise and gracious; there are many that walk in the broad way, and but few that find the strait gate and narrow way, and are saved; they are but as one to a thousand; see Jeremiah 5:1. Ecclesiastes 7:28 - which I am still seeking but have not found. Again and again this is the recommendation that Solomon repeated over and over again in Ecclesiastes. &c.] This is a common opinion, that in all ages prevails among men, that former times were better than present ones; that trade flourished more, and men got more wealth and riches, and lived in greater ease and plenty; and complain that their lot is cast in such hard times, and are ready to … on StudyLight.org My soul seeketh - rather, referring to his past experience, 'Which my soul sought further, but I found not,' answering to "I said I will be wise, but it was far from me" (Ecclesiastes 7:23). The law of love which God has established is heart for heart; and the affections that are dissipated among a thousand objects must ever be without return of that which yet the soul seeks--the undivided love. Commentary. I hope to do justice to the true intent of the author. Haud facile iuvenies multis e milibus unum. Jump to: Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Verse Review • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes Woman, as "the weaker vessel," is receptive, rather than originating in respect to wisdom. (See Sirach 25:24; Sirach 42:13.) As well might the tyrant who, by cruelty, has alienated his subjects, complain that he has failed to find loyal men, as the debauchee, who has subjected hundreds to his lust, that he had found no noble, virtuous woman. Behold, saith the preacher — Or, the penitent, who speaks what he hath learned, both by deep study and costly experience; this have I found — And it is a strange thing, and worthy of your serious observation; counting one by one — Considering things or persons, very exactly and distinctly, one after another; to find out the account — That I might make a … Idyll. Mohammed said, that only four good women had ever lived: the wife of Pharaoh, the mother of Jesus, and his own wife and daughter. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.". But these and many of the like sayings against the female sex have been vomited forth by the devil out of pure hatred and venom towards God and His work, meaning in this way to disgust every man with the married state, and with God's word." Counting one by one - I have gone over every particular. Woman's high province is the family (1 Timothy 2:11-15); not independent research in the depths of the divine ways. Ecclesiastes 7:23-29. One’ a thousand — A very beggarly proportion, to say the least, of pure, true, and good men! And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them… Though this sense is only mentioned, all are designed; he denied himself of nothing that was agreeable to him, that was pleasing to the eye, to the ear, to the taste, or any other sense; he indulged himself in everything, observing a proper decorum, and keeping himself within the due bounds of … But in respect of the discovery of hearts and natures, whether in good or evil, it is harder to find out thoroughly the perfect disposition of a woman than of men; and that I take to be the meaning of this text. I returned, and saw under the sun The wise man returned to his former subject, concerning the same events happening to all sorts of persons, righteous and wicked, wise and unwise, ( Ecclesiastes 10:1 Ecclesiastes 10:2) ; and enlarged upon it in his mind; and took notice of various things done under the sun, and made the following remarks: and … The disparaging estimate of the female sex here expressed is common in countries where polygamy is practised. 1 Since Solomon only found one righteous or wise man among a 1000 that he could trust, and found one less woman, his conclusion isn"t that women are inferior to men, but rather, wise, godly people among both sexes are scarce! He gifted Solomon with a proclivity for understanding and wisdom, but this passage reveals that achieving them did not come easy. Among all those in that thousand whom I have taken into intimate society with myself; whereby he also passeth a severe censure upon himself that he had associated himself with such persons, and not with the virtuous women, which doubtless there were in his time, as appears from Pr 31. ECCLESIASTES 7. It is not strange that where men are so bad, and the best of them thought so ill of women, they were no better. Ecclesiastes 9:11. God is allowing us some insight into Solomon's heart and life. Compare the expression “one among a thousand” (marginal reference). But a woman among all those have I not found, , etc. Hebrew purpose or desire, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the effect of it. on StudyLight.org There is the same correspondence between the words, "my soul still seeketh and I have not found it," and the words in Ecclesiastes 7:23,—"I said I will be wise and it was far from me:" as between Ecclesiastes 7:27 and the first part of Ecclesiastes 7:23. Koheleth would get better figures today, both absolutely and proportionally. Solomon didn"t find that most people are basically honest and sincere. Among a thousand, with whom I have conversed. It is credible enough that Solomon, with his thousand wives, did not find a good one among them; but see Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10. I find not; that it was so he found out, as he now said, Ecclesiastes 7:27 but the whole truth and reason of the thing he could not find out. Solonion disqualified himself for it so long as he sinned with the strange women (Ecclesiastes 7:26). But he here speaks with godly sorrow. Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 (Read Ecclesiastes 7:23-29) Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. This entire section examines wise judgment, whether the source of our problems is God, fellow man, or ourselves.We must ask ourselves if we are truly making an effort to pursue holiness, without which, Paul says in Hebrews 12:14, “no one will see the Lord.”Is that where our problem lies? Himself the author does not reckon amongst these chosen few, without thereby giving up the claim to canonical authority which he expressly makes at the close of the book. Jesus Christ alone of men fully realizes the perfect ideal of “man.” “Chiefest among ten thousand” (Song of Solomon 5:10). Solomon's recommendation as the solution for all these exceptions to what should have been was his own version of Epicureans: Eat drink and enjoy life. hephez, one of the words supposed to be later Hebrew. one man — that is, worthy of the name, “man,” “upright”; not more than one in a thousand of my courtiers (Job 33:23; Psalm 12:1). Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.' — A very beggarly proportion, to say the least, of pure, true, and good men! rush, as in Ecclesiastes 4:14. province. These continued proverbs concern the work of man and begin with exhortations to charity and are followed by the wise acknowledgement that no one knows the works of God, who is the maker of all. My soul seeketh; it seemed so wonderful to me, that I suspected I had not made a sufficient inquiry, and therefore I returned to search again with more earnestness and accurateness. — That is, The investigation is not yet concluded, so that the result. Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not. Ecclesiastes 7:28 . In regard to the word, see Ewald, § 181 b. which I am still seeking but have not found. Luther says—"Women are created by God for their own kind of work, namely, for the management of the house, and the bringing up of children; and each one of us accomplishes that best to which God has created and called him. 28. Ecclesiastes 7, Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this nine-volume commentary, respected by … Verses 2-4. A woman among all those have I not found. Whoever has made himself acquainted with the general features of the Scripture mode of viewing things will at once acknowledge that Hitzig's view is an impossible one. This verse is connected with Ecclesiastes 7:26, which condemns the seducing woman, and is not therefore to be taken as an universal and unqualified condemnation of the sex, as Proverbs 12:4, etc., prove. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her. This sentence of Solomon has been often quoted to show the utter worthlessness of the female character. Ecclesiastes is being read in the synagogue for the feast of tabernacles. Ecclesiastes 5:11 - When good things increase, those who consume them increase. Or rather, by this one of a thousand, is meant the, Messiah, the Wisdom of God, he sought for, Ecclesiastes 7:25; and now says he found; to whom he looked for peace, pardon, and atonement, under a sense of his sins; who is the messenger, an interpreter, one among a thousand; yea, who is the chiefest among ten thousands, Job 33:23; who is superior to angels and men, in the dignity of his person; in the perfection, purity, and holiness of his nature; in the excellency of his names; in his offices and relations; and in his concern in the affairs of grace and salvation; and who is to be found by every truly wise and gracious soul that seeks him early and earnestly, in the word and ordinances, under the illumination and direction of the blessed Spirit. Ecclesiastes 2:10. The words of Lemuel are well worthy of our attention, both as neutralizing the false impression produced by Solomon’s philosophy, and as showing what the true woman is (Proverbs 31:10-31). This may well show, as one well applies it, the erring of man’s labour in seeking the acconnt of wisdom and knowledge; for, though his diligence be never so great in making the reckoning, he will always be out, and not able to find it out. See note on Ecclesiastes 3:1, and App-76.. If it is to be understood of a mere man, I should think the sense was this; of all the men that have been ensnared and taken by an adulterous woman, but one of a thousand have I observed, and perhaps Solomon has respect to himself, that was ever recovered out of her hands; but a woman among all those have I not found; that is, among all the harlots and adulterous women I ever knew or heard of, I never knew nor heard of one that was ever reclaimed from her evil ways, and reformed or became a chaste and virtuous woman: he may have respect to the thousand women that were either his wives and concubines, and, among all these, he found not one that deserved the above character; for this is not to be understood of women in general, for Solomon must have known that there have been good women in all ages, and perhaps more than men; and that there were many in his days, though those with whom his more intimate acquaintance was were not such, which was his unhappiness; and his criminal conversation with them is what he lamented and repented of. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not, but a woman among all those have I not found. nephesh. Man is put for a worthy or good man, as name is put for a good name, above, Ecclesiastes 7:1, and wife for a good wife, as was noted before. Ecclesiastes 7:28 - אשׁר עוד־בקשׁה נפשׁי ולא מצאתי אדם אחד מאלף מצאתי... - which I am still seeking but have not found. Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not.] Furthermore, he does not dispute the king"s authority and sovereignty ( Ecclesiastes 8:4). Ecclesiastes 7:29. A woman - The number of Solomon‘s wives and concubines 1 Kings 11:3 was a thousand. ketubim) and further to the so-called five scrolls (Hebr. But a woman among all those have I not found,] i.e., Among all my wives and concubines, which made him ready to sing, Femina nulla bona est. Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not He was very earnest and diligent in his inquiry; he took a great deal of pains, and was exceedingly solicitous; he sought with great intenseness of mind, and with an eager desire, to find out a chaste and virtuous woman among them all, but could not; one man among a thousand have I found; These are as Gideon’s three hundred, when the wicked, as the Midianites, lie "like grasshoppers for multitude upon the earth," [ 7:7; 7:12] and as those Syrians, [1 Kings 20:27] they fill the country, they darken the air, as the swarms did the land of Egypt; and there is plenty of such dust heaps in every corner. Lo, this only have I found — Though I could not find out all the streams of wickedness, and their infinite windings and turnings, yet I have discovered the fountain of it, original sin, and the corruption of nature, which is both in men and women; that God made our first parents, Adam and Eve, upright — Hebrew, right: without any imperfection or corruption, … My second post was published today and the final post will be published soon. The proof of this doctrine, taken, 1. 28.Which yet my soul seeketh, etc. Ecclesiastes 12 The wise and penitent preacher is here closing his sermon; and he closes it, not only lie a good orator, but like a good preacher, with that which was likely to make the best impressions and which he wished might be powerful and lasting upon his hearers. — That is, The investigation is not yet concluded, so that the result may yet be altered. Spiritual uprightness is an indispensable qualification for a right research after the wisdom in question. few are willing to serve God (Matthew ). One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. No sacred writing by a woman is found in the whole Bible. Ecclesiastes 6:9 â "Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire" - Comments- It is better to be happy and contented with what one actually possesses, than to be dissatisfied because of a desire for things that cannot be … Ecclesiastes 7:26 - And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. 2. Concerning Illustrious Women. Hebrew. Hebrew. The phrase, "one of a thousand," is borrowed from Job 33:23. Ecclesiastes 7:27-28. Ecclesiastes 7:28 Parallel. Ver. Say not thou, what is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? He was very earnest and diligent in his inquiry; he took a great deal of pains, and was exceedingly solicitous; he sought with great intenseness of mind, and with an eager desire, to find out a chaste and virtuous woman among them all, but could not; one man among a thousand have I found; it is a great rarity to find a good manF14"Vir bonus et sapiens, qualem vix reperit unum, millibus e multio hominum, consultus Apollo." ', Rather, referring to his past experience, “Which my soul sought further, but I found not.”. What was to make them better? So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? It was not given to Solomon, wise as he was, to limn the picture of the virtuous woman, but to another king whose wisdom was derived from the inspiration of his mother. 3. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 7:29. were no better. Hebrew. Introduction. Among these it was not likely that he should find the fidelity which one true wife pays to one husband. Ecclesiastes 7:28 Just one out of every thousand men I interviewed can be said to be upright, but not one woman! To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not, but a woman among all those have I not found. This also is revealing about the type of women Solomon had married when he was younger. Jump to: Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Verse Review • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes A woman; one worthy of that name; one who is not a dishonour to her kind and sex, who is not brutish in her disposition and conversation. Auson. He is supposed to mention this number in allusion to his thousand wives and concubines, as they are numbered by parcels, 1 Kings 11:3. Or rather, by this one of a thousand, is meant the, Messiah, the Wisdom of God, he sought for, Ecclesiastes 7:25; and now says he found; to whom he looked for peace, pardon, and atonement, under a sense of his sins; who is the messenger, an interpreter, one among a thousand; yea, who is the chiefest among ten thousands, Job 33:23; who is superior to angels and men, in the dignity of his person; in the perfection, purity, and holiness of his nature; in the excellency of his names; in his offices and relations; and in his concern in the affairs of grace and salvation; and who is to be found by every truly wise and gracious soul that seeks him early and earnestly, in the word and ordinances, under the illumination and direction of the blessed Spirit. "Uprightness," in Hitzig's sense, is not once treated of in this entire connection. No perfect 'woman' has ever existed, not even the Virgin Mary. Compare the expression “one among a thousand” (marginal reference). Koheleth would get better figures today, both absolutely and proportionally. If, as some have thought, the thousand women reviewed were the three hundred wives and seven hundred concubines of the Solomonic harem, no wonder if the poor things were no better! megillot), which are still read at Jewish feast days. What is discussed is wisdom, the fathoming of the nature of things, of the depths of the Godhead. "I said I will be wise, but it was far from me", κατὰ γενεὰς εἰς ψυχὰς ὀσίας μεταβαίνουσα φίλους θεοῦ καὶ προφήτας κατασκευάζει, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Ernst Hengstenberg on John, Revelation, Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel & Psalms. Ecclesiastes 7:28 - ERV - The Teacher says, I added all these things together... Study verse in the Easy-to-Read Version That which was vouchsafed only to the chosen few amongst men,—and be it remarked that we do not here speak of that general participation in wisdom to which the entire people of God, as "the wise nation," (Deuteronomy 4:6), was called, but of an independent, pioneering, and productive possession thereof,—we should not at all expect to be conferred on woman, who is the "weaker vessel," (1 Peter 3:7). Yet seeketh — I returned to search again with more earnestness. "which I am still seeking but have not found. A woman — One worthy of that name; one who is not a dishonour to her sex. Compare further Ecclesiastes 8:17. In fact, Solomon found the same thing that Jesus will later note, i.e. Some scholars see this chapter as an attempt to answer the question implied in Eccl. The practical point of view has been well hit upon and described by Cartwright,—"Quod foeminas admoneat, ut modeste se gerant, et consciae imbecillitatis suae caveant, ne sibi et suo ingenio confidant, sed se suis quibus subsunt gubernatoribus regendas et moderandas tradant, et ante omnia Deum sollicite precentur, ut suae imbecillitatis misertus viribus illos accingat, quibus in offcio contineantur.". Bennet.). The select few of this class consist of such men as Moses, David, Isaiah, the same that the author of the Greek "Wisdom of Solomon," had in view, when in 2:27, he says of wisdom, κατὰ γενεὰς εἰς ψυχὰς ὀσίας μεταβαίνουσα φίλους θεοῦ καὶ προφήτας κατασκευάζει. One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Of this fact Solomon seems to have had a dim perception when he gives those never-to-be-forgotten advises to the young man, to avoid the strange woman whose steps take hold on hell, and to live joyfully with the wife of his youth. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright, &c.] The first man Adam, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it; and not Adam only, but Eve also with him; for these were both made by the Lord, and on the same day, and in the same image, and had the same common name of Adam given them, ( Genesis 1:27) ( 5:2) ; And they were both made … Ecclesiastes 7:28 while I was still searching but not finding— I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. 16. v. 1, 2. , truly wise and gracious; there are many that walk in the broad way, and but few that find the strait gate and narrow way, and are saved; they are but as one to a thousand; see Jeremiah 5:1. (J. Among these it was not likely that he should find the fidelity which one true wife pays to one husband. Ecclesiastes 4:13. And I can say, as Jerome does, Novi ego multas ad omne opus bonum promptas, I know many Tabithas full of good works. But that there are, and ever have been, many gracious women, see, besides the Scriptures, the writings of many learned men, De illustribus feminis. One man among a thousand.] And yet, on a wider search, Solomon did find some godly men and women (Book of Proverbs). Therefore let each one stick to the work to which he has been called and appointed by God." One Prayer of Manasseh 1:-1 :e., worthy of the name "man," "upright:" not more than one in a thousand of my courtiers (Job 33:23; Psalms 12:1). The general doctrine of the vanity of the creature laid down (Ecclesiastes 1:2) and explained, Ecclesiastes 1:3. while I was still searching but not finding— I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. The vanity of life (Ecclesiastes 11:7-10) Ecclesiastes 11:1-6. Among — In that thousand whom I have taken into intimate society with myself. A woman lays hold of a child better with her little finger than a man with his two fists. The author only denies to women, what he does not attribute to himself. Verse 8. poor = needy, in want. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. III. Ecclesiastes 7:10. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. There is a place in Wiltshire called Stonhenge, for various great stones lying and standing there together: of which stones it is said, (a) that though a man number them "one by one" never so carefully, yet that he cannot find the true number of them, but that every time he numbers them he finds a different number from that he found before. on StudyLight.org Jesus Christ alone of men fully realizes the perfect ideal of "man." The inscription, or title of the book, Ecclesiastes 1:1. I find not — That it was so, he found, but the reason of the thing he could not find out. Ecclesiastes 1 In this chapter we have, I. It may be interpreted thus, One man, the Messiah, among all the sons of men, have I found, free from original sin; but one woman, among all the daughters of Eve, I have not found clear of it. As the four verses, Ecclesiastes 12:2-5, are a figurative description of the infirmities that usually accompany old age, Ecclesiastes 12:6 notices the circumstances which take place in … Ecclesiastes 2 Solomon having pronounced all vanity, and particularly knowledge and learning, which he was so far from giving himself joy of that he found the increase of it did but increase his sorrow, in this chapter he goes on to show what reason he has to be tired of this world, and with what little reason most men are fond of it. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:8, and App-76.. matter. which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: One man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found. The wise man behaves appropriately in the presence of his king. KJ21. on StudyLight.org Ecclesiastes 11:7-10. Solomon, in the word “thousand,” alludes to his three hundred wives and seven hundred concubines. 6:12, "Who knoweth what is good for man"? One man; one worthy of the name of a man; a wise and virtuous man. There ought to be no division between Ecclesiastes 10:20 and Ecclesiastes 11:1.. As if in contrast to the self-indulgence described in Ecclesiastes 10:16-19, the opposite virtue, readiness to give to others, is inculcated.The use of the word “bread” in both Ecclesiastes 10:19 (see the note) and Ecclesiastes 11:1 points the contrast. How difficult that is of attainment is proved by the fact that amongst men only an extremely small number has succeeded, and among women not a single one. If it is to be understood of a mere man, I should think the sense was this; of all the men that have been ensnared and taken by an adulterous woman, but one of a thousand have I observed, and perhaps Solomon has respect to himself, that was ever recovered out of her hands; but a woman among all those have I not found; that is, among all the harlots and adulterous women I ever knew or heard of, I never knew nor heard of one that was ever reclaimed from her evil ways, and reformed or became a chaste and virtuous woman: he may have respect to the thousand women that were either his wives and concubines, and, among all these, he found not one that deserved the above character; for this is not to be understood of women in general, for Solomon must have known that there have been good women in all ages, and perhaps more than men; and that there were many in his days, though those with whom his more intimate acquaintance was were not such, which was his unhappiness; and his criminal conversation with them is what he lamented and repented of. 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