2. It is easy to observe, saith one, that the New Testament affords more store of good wives than the Old. Ecclesiastes 7:29. 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. 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. Ecclesiastes 7:28 : Ecclesiastes 8:1 >> Ecclesiastes 7:23-29. There is no good woman. The wise man behaves appropriately in the presence of his king. Jesus Christ alone of men fully realizes the perfect ideal of “man.” “Chiefest among ten thousand” (Song of Solomon 5:10). Pearls are not to be exchanged for pebbles. Among — In that thousand whom I have taken into intimate society with myself. This also is revealing about the type of women Solomon had married when he was younger. And I can say, as Jerome does, Novi ego multas ad omne opus bonum promptas, I know many Tabithas full of good works. Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.' — That is, The investigation is not yet concluded, so that the result. Ver. ECCLESIASTES 7. few are willing to serve God (Matthew ). (Ecclesiastes 8:15). 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! Verse 8. poor = needy, in want. Hebrew purpose or desire, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the effect of it. 6:12, "Who knoweth what is good for man"? 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. Ecclesiastes 7:28 is a difficult text to interpret and, I believe, a misunderstood text. 3. Therefore let each one stick to the work to which he has been called and appointed by God." 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. Haud facile iuvenies multis e milibus unum. 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. The vanity of life (Ecclesiastes 11:7-10) Ecclesiastes 11:1-6. 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 7:10. Solonion disqualified himself for it so long as he sinned with the strange women (Ecclesiastes 7:26). Furthermore, he does not dispute the king"s authority and sovereignty ( Ecclesiastes 8:4). 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. Elihu says there that a man who can enlighten his brother on God's ways, one therefore who is in full possession of divine wisdom, is very seldom to be found, is "one among a thousand." 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 7:28. my soul = I myself. 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. 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