Ecclesiastes 7:10

Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

In Context

9Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the same earth was fylled with crueltie.

Romans 3:9What then? Are we better [then they?] No, in no wise. For we haue alredy proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne.

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 →

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