Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.
Psalms 14:2Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Jeremiah 44:17but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to 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; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.
Romans 3:9What then? are we better? No, in no wise: for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin:
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11
Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →