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Ecclesiastes 7:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 7:10

Verse 10 of 29

Scripture focus

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

Ecclesiastes 7:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:10

Theological / Devotional

Former days. A person with an undisciplined spirit often feels that the present is more trying than the past, and as a result becomes peevish and petulant. It is also easy for elderly people to take such an attitude, forgetful of the problems of bygone days, and perhaps of their own shortcomings. In the wilderness the children of Israel habitually looked back to their former life in Egypt. Job exhibited a similar weakness (Job 29:2). Compare the attitude of the old men described in Ezra 3:12 and Haggai 2:3, and also of the psalmist (Ps. 77:5-9).

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