A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Gill's Exposition
A fool also is full of words,.... Or, "multiplies words" (y). Is very talkative, says the same thing over and over again; uses an abundance of waste words, that have no meaning in them; utters every…
Barnes' Notes
Full of words - Confident talking of the future is indicated rather than mere loquacity. Compare Jam 4:13.
Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in…
Cambridge Bible
A fool also is full of words Literally, multiplies words. The introduction of "a man" is not an idle pleonasm. The "man" is not the "fool," but the fool forgets the limitations of human knowledge, as…
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