--- title: "Bullinger" description: "name . . . ointment. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ), \" shem mishshemen\". better. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24 . precious = good. Sa" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/7" --- **name . . . ointment.** Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), " *shem mishshemen".* **better.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 2:24](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/24) . **precious** = good. Same word as "good" at the beginning of the sentence. **the end.** Hebrew. *soph* . See note on [Ecclesiastes 3:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/11) . **men.** Hebrew. *'addm* (with Art.) = mankind. App-14 . See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/13) . **fools** = fat, inert. Hebrew. *kesil.* Same word as in verses: [Ecclesiastes 7:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/5) , [Ecclesiastes 7:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/6) , [Ecclesiastes 7:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/9) , [Ecclesiastes 7:25](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/25) ("folly"). Not the same as "foolish "([Ecclesiastes 7:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/17) ), or "foolishness", [Ecclesiastes 7:25](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/25) . See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7) . **crackling.** Same word as "voice" ([Genesis 3:8](../../../kjv/genesis/3/8) ), used of any sound. **thorns . . . pot.** Note Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ). Hebrew. *hassirim . . . hassir.* May be Englished by "nettles . . . kettles". **vanity.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/2) . **oppression** = oppressing: i.e. the act of oppressing. **maketh . . . mad.** Referring to the madness of folly. **mad** = beyond control. See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/17) . **a gift** = a bribe. **Wisdom.** Hebrew. *chakmah.* See note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) . **with, &c.** = like, or as. See [Ecclesiastes 2:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/16) ; [Ecclesiastes 8:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/1) .[Genesis 18:23](../../../kjv/genesis/18/23) , [Genesis 18:25](../../../kjv/genesis/18/25) . Render:"Wisdom [is as] good as riches, and more advantageous to them that see the sun". **see the sun:** i.e. the idiom for "are alive". **life** = future life. See note on [Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with Art.) = the [true] God: i.e. the Deity. App-4 . **find** = discover. **just** = righteous. **over much:** i.e. depending on the merit of good works. **over wise:** i.e. beyond what is necessary. **destroy thyself** = make thyself lonely: i.e. forsaken. Compare [Job 16:7](../../../kjv/job/16/7) . **Be not over much wicked** = Be not very wicked: i.e. Be not wicked at all. For violation of nature's laws surely end in premature death. **foolish** = stupid. Hebrew. *sakal;* not the same word as in verses: [Ecclesiastes 4:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/5) , [Ecclesiastes 4:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/6) , [Ecclesiastes 4:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/9) , Ecc 4:25 ("folly"). See note on [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7) . **why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **come forth of them all** = make His way with both. **the wise** = a wise man. **curse** = revile. **the reason . . . madness** = in order to know the reason (or cause) of folly's wickedness, and the madness of folly. **counting, &c.** Or, supply the Ellipsis thus: "[considering women] one by one", &c. **account** = result. **my soul** = I myself. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **seeketh** = sought. **Lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 . Same as "Behold" in [Ecclesiastes 7:27](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/27) . **they** = mankind: not merely the above classes. This verse is admittedly the inspired truth of God: so therefore are the other statements in this book. 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