Teks -- Ecclesiastes 9:17 (NET)

Wisdom versus Fools, Sin, and Folly

9:17 The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

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Wesley: Ecc 9:17 - Of wise men

Though poor.

Wesley: Ecc 9:17 - In quiet

Uttered with a modest and low voice.

Wesley: Ecc 9:17 - The cry

The clamorous discourses of a rich and potent, but foolish man.

JFB: Ecc 9:17 - The words of wise, &c.

Though generally the poor wise man is not heard (Ecc 9:16), yet "the words of wise men, when heard in quiet (when calmly given heed to, as in Ecc 9:15), are more serviceable than," &c.

JFB: Ecc 9:17 - ruleth

As the "great king" (Ecc 9:14). Solomon reverts to "the rulers to their own hurt" (Ecc 8:9).

Clarke: Ecc 9:17 - The words of wise men are heard in quiet

The words of wise men are heard in quiet - In the tumult of war the words of Archimedes were not heard; and his life was lost.

TSK: Ecc 9:17

Gen 41:33-40; 1Sa 7:3-6; Pro 28:23; Isa 42:2, Isa 42:4; Jam 1:20, Jam 3:17, Jam 3:18

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Poole: Ecc 9:17 - Wise men // In quiet // The cry

Wise men though poor, as may be gathered both from the foregoing relation, and because he is opposed to the ruling fool in the next clause, are heard , to wit, by wise men; or should be heard , as such words are oft taken, as Mal 1:6 , and elsewhere; for that they were not always actually heard, he declared in the last words of the foregoing verse.

In quiet uttered with a modest and low voice, to which the following cry is opposed.

The cry the clamorous and senseless discourses, of him that ruleth among fools; of a rich and potent, but foolish man, who hath some influence upon fools, like himself, but is justly neglected, and his words disregarded, by wise men.

Gill: Ecc 9:17 - The words of wise men are heard in quiet // more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools

The words of wise men are heard in quiet,.... That is, by some persons and at some times, though not by all persons and always; or they are to be heard, or should be heard, though they seldom be, even the words of wise men that are poor: these are to be heard quietly and patiently, without any tumult and contradiction; or should be heard, being delivered with a low and submissive voice, without any noise, or blustering pride, or passion, sedately and with great humility, submitting them to the judgment of others; which sense the comparison seems to require;

more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools; more than the noisy words of a foolish governor; or than the dictates of an imperious man, delivered in a clamorous and blustering way; by which he obtains authority among such fools as himself, who are influenced more by the pomp and noise of words than by the force of true wisdom and reason; but all right judges will give the preference to the former. The Targum interprets it of the silent prayer of the wise being received by the Lord, more than the clamour of the wicked.