Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these?.... This is a common opinion, that in all ages prevails among men, that former times were better than present ones; that…
Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun, which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
What is the cause that the former days were better than these It would be a mistake to treat this as describing merely the temper of one who is a "laudator temporis acti, se puero." That is, as the…
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