Ecclesiastes 7:9 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

KJV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ecclesiastes (420)

"Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the lap of fools. "He does not grant here that anger should be tempered, therefore he now says, "Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry"; but that when anger is mad and new, it is more easily tempered because it is dispersed easily and can be removed.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Anger resteth in the bosom of fools - A wise man, off his guard, may feel it for a moment: but in him it cannot rest: it is a fire which he immediately casts out of his breast. But the fool - the man who is under the dominion of his own tempers, harbors and fosters it, till it takes the form of malice, and then excites him to seek full revenge on those whom he deems enemies. Hence that class of dangerous and empty fools called duellists.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּבַהֵ֥ל	te.va.Hel	you be hasty	H926 →
בְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖	be.ru.cha.Kha	in spirit your	H7307 →
לִכְע֑וֹס	likh.'os	to become angry	H3707 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
כַ֔עַס	Kha.'as	anger	H3708 →
בְּחֵ֥יק	be.Cheik	in [the] bosom of	H2436 →
כְּסִילִ֖ים	ke.si.Lim	fools	H3684 →
יָנֽוּחַ׃	ya.Nu.ach	it settles	H5117 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
leads to
- Proverbs 14:29
  A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 17:27
  A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
- Proverbs 21:23
  He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
- Proverbs 10:19
  When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
- Proverbs 18:13
  He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
Through
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
leads to
- James 1:19
  My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 15:18
  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 25:28
  Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ecclesiastes

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ecclesiastes