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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 8:1 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ec 8:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Who is as the wise [02450] man? and who knoweth [03045] the interpretation [06592] of a thing [01697]? a man's [0120] wisdom [02451] maketh his face [06440] to shine [0215], and the boldness [05797] of his face [06440] shall be changed [08132]. |
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King James |
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Ecc. 8:1-17)
Praise of true wisdom continued (Ecc 7:11, &c.). "Who" is to be accounted "equal to the wise man? . . . Who (like him) knoweth the interpretation" of God's providences (for example, Ecc 7:8, Ecc 7:13-14), and God's word (for example, see on Ecc 7:29; Pro 1:6)?
face to shine-- (Ecc 7:14; Act 6:15). A sunny countenance, the reflection of a tranquil conscience and serene mind. Communion with God gives it (Exo 34:29-30).
boldness--austerity.
changed--into a benign expression by true wisdom (religion) (Jam 3:17). MAURER translates, "The shining (brightness) of his face is doubled," arguing that the Hebrew noun for "boldness" is never used in a bad sense (Pro 4:18). Or as Margin, "strength" (Ecc 7:19; Isa 40:31; Co2 3:18). But the adjective is used in a bad sense (Deu 28:50). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And who - Rather, and as he who knoweth. The possessor of wisdom excels other people: it imparts serenity to his countenance, and removes the expression of gloom or fierceness (see the marginal reference). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Who is wise - There are few wise men in this world. Who knoweth - How few understand the reasons of things and can rightly expound the word and works of God. Wisdom - Makes a man venerable, chearful, mild, and amiable. The face is put for the mind, because the mind discovers itself in the countenance. Boldness - The roughness or fierceness. Changed - Into gentleness and humility. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who knoweth the interpretation - פשר pesher, a pure Chaldee word, found nowhere else in the Bible but in the Chaldee parts of Daniel. "A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine." Every state of the heart shines through the countenance; but there is such an evidence of the contented, happy, pure, benevolent state of the soul in the face of a truly pious man, that it must be observed, and cannot be mistaken. In the Hebrew the former clause of this verse ends the preceding chapter. Who has ever been deceived in the appearance of the face that belonged to a savage heart? Those who represent, by painting or otherwise, a wise man, with a gravely sour face, striking awe and forbidding approach, have either mistaken the man, or are unacquainted with some essential principles of their art.
The boldness of his face shall be changed - Instead of ישנא yeshunne, which signifies shall be hated, many of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have ישנה yeshunneh, shall be changed or doubled. Hence the verse might be read, "The wisdom of a man shall illuminate his face; and the strength of his countenance shall be doubled." He shall speak with full confidence and conviction on a subject which he perfectly understands, and all will feel the weight of his observations. |
50 A nation [01471] of fierce [05794] countenance [06440], which shall not regard [05375] the person [06440] of the old [02205], nor shew favour [02603] to the young [05288]:
18 But [1161] we [2249] all [3956], with open [343] face [4383] beholding as in a glass [2734] the glory [1391] of the Lord [2962], are changed [3339] into the same [846] image [1504] from [575] glory [1391] to [1519] glory [1391], even as [2509] by [575] the Spirit [4151] of the Lord [2962].
31 But they that wait [06960] upon the LORD [03068] shall renew [02498] their strength [03581]; they shall mount up [05927] with wings [083] as eagles [05404]; they shall run [07323], and not be weary [03021]; and they shall walk [03212], and not faint [03286].
19 Wisdom [02451] strengtheneth [05810] the wise [02450] more than ten [06235] mighty [07989] men which are in the city [05892].
18 But the path [0734] of the just [06662] is as the shining [05051] light [0216], that shineth [0215] more [01980] and more unto the perfect [03559] day [03117].
17 But [1161] the wisdom [4678] that is from above [509] is [2076] first [4412] pure [3303] [53], then [1899] peaceable [1516], gentle [1933], and easy to be intreated [2138], full [3324] of mercy [1656] and [2532] good [18] fruits [2590], without partiality [87], and [2532] without hypocrisy [505].
29 And it came to pass, when Moses [04872] came down [03381] from mount [02022] Sinai [05514] with the two [08147] tables [03871] of testimony [05715] in Moses [04872]' hand [03027], when he came down [03381] from the mount [02022], that Moses [04872] wist [03045] not that the skin [05785] of his face [06440] shone [07160] while he talked [01696] with him.
30 And when Aaron [0175] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] Moses [04872], behold, the skin [05785] of his face [06440] shone [07160]; and they were afraid [03372] to come nigh [05066] him.
15 And [2532] all [537] that sat [2516] in [1722] the council [4892], looking stedfastly [816] on [1519] him [846], saw [1492] his [846] face [4383] as it had been [5616] the face [4383] of an angel [32].
14 In the day [03117] of prosperity [02896] be joyful [02896], but in the day [03117] of adversity [07451] consider [07200]: God [0430] also hath set [06213] the one over against [05980] the other, to the end [01700] that man [0120] should find [04672] nothing [03972] after [0310] him.
6 To understand [0995] a proverb [04912], and the interpretation [04426]; the words [01697] of the wise [02450], and their dark sayings [02420].
29 Lo [07200], this only [0905] have I found [04672], that God [0430] hath made [06213] man [0120] upright [03477]; but they have sought out [01245] many [07227] inventions [02810].
13 Consider [07200] the work [04639] of God [0430]: for who can [03201] make that straight [08626], which he hath made crooked [05791]?
14 In the day [03117] of prosperity [02896] be joyful [02896], but in the day [03117] of adversity [07451] consider [07200]: God [0430] also hath set [06213] the one over against [05980] the other, to the end [01700] that man [0120] should find [04672] nothing [03972] after [0310] him.
8 Better [02896] is the end [0319] of a thing [01697] than the beginning [07225] thereof: and the patient [0750] in spirit [07307] is better [02896] than the proud [01362] in spirit [07307].
11 Wisdom [02451] is good [02896] with an inheritance [05159]: and by it there is profit [03148] to them that see [07200] the sun [08121].