Ecclesiastes 7:8
טוֹב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֵֽרֵאשִׁיתוֹ טוֹב אֶֽרֶךְ ־ רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ ־ רֽוּחַ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
7כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהוֹלֵל חָכָם וִֽיאַבֵּד אֶת ־ לֵב מַתָּנָֽה ׃
9אַל ־ תְּבַהֵל בְּרֽוּחֲךָ לִכְעוֹס כִּי כַעַס בְּחֵיק כְּסִילִים יָנֽוּחַ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 13:10רַק ־ בְּזָדוֹן יִתֵּן מַצָּה וְאֶת ־ נוֹעָצִים חָכְמָֽה ׃
Proverbs 15:18אִישׁ חֵמָה יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וְאֶרֶך אַפַּיִם יַשְׁקִיט רִֽיב ׃
Proverbs 28:25רְחַב ־ נֶפֶשׁ יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וּבוֹטֵחַ עַל ־ יְהוָה יְדֻשָּֽׁן ׃
Isaiah 10:28בָּא עַל ־ עַיַּת עָבַר בְּמִגְרוֹן לְמִכְמָשׂ יַפְקִיד כֵּלָֽיו ׃
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 →