Ecclesiastes 7:9

Ecclesiastes 7:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Context of Ecclesiastes 7:9

7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. 10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this. 11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 word by word

אַל־תְּבַהֵ֥ל בְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖ לִכְע֑וֹס כִּ֣י כַ֔עַס בְּחֵ֥יק כְּסִילִ֖ים יָנֽוּחַ׃Read the interlinear

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• be quicklyבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• provokedכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• in your spiritרוּחַrûach · spirit: temperH7307
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• angerכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• settlesנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• in the lapחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: embraceH2436
• of a foolכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:9

• 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
• 2 Samuel 19:43“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
• Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
• Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
• Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
• Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
• Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Genesis 4:5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
• Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
• 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
• Proverbs 26:23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
• Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Anger 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resenting an affront. Be not long angry; though anger may come into the bosom of a wise man, it passes through it as a way-faring man; it dwells only in the bosom of fools. It is folly to cry out upon the badness of our times, when we have more reason to cry…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9anger settles in the lap of a fool: Compare Proverbs 14:29 and 29:11. See the “Anger” Theme Note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. angry--impatient at adversity befalling thee, as Job was (Ec 5:2; Pr 12:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Ecclesiastes 7:9

• Anger
• Fool
• Patience
• Rashness

In the dictionaries

• Adversity
• Bosom
• Consider
• Crackling
• Living
• Rest
• Color; Colors
• Fool; Folly
• Spirit
• Synagogue, the Great

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings