"Say not thou, What is {the cause} that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerni…" — Ecclesiastes 7:10

Ecclesiastes 7:10 · KJV

“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

Verse 9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Verse 11

Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

Ecclesiastes 7 — Context

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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}

Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

For wisdom {is} a defence, {and} money {is} a defence: but the excellency of knowledge {is, that} wisdom giveth life to them that have it. {defence: Heb. shadow}

Cross References

Psalms 14:2-3

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, {and} seek God.

Romans 1:22-32

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Genesis 6:11-12

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Judges 6:13

And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where {be} all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus saith the LORD, Where {is} the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors {is it} to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Romans 3:9-19

What then? are we better {than they}? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; {proved: Gr. charged}

Jeremiah 44:17-19

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for {then} had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. {queen...: or, frame of heaven} {victuals: Heb. bread}