Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence,.... Or, a "shadow" of refreshment and protection, under which men sit with pleasure and safety; a man by his wisdom, and so by his money, is able to…

Wisdom is a defense ... - See the margin and Psa 121:5, i. e., He who is defended from adversity by his wisdom is in as good a position as he who is defended by his riches. Excellency - literally,…

Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are liable to, by reason of the vanity and vexation of spirit that there are in the…

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence Better, as a shadow, or, as a shelter, in both clauses. The Hebrew, as the italics shew, has no "and." "Shadow" as in Psa 17:8; Psa 91:1, stands for…