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Kazatel 8:1

Kdo se vyrovná moudrému a kdo zná výklad věcí? Moudrost prosvítí člověku tvář, i tvrdost jeho tváře se změní.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Face;   Light-Darkness;   Radiancy;   Radiant Lives;   Shining Faces;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Stephen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ecclesiastes;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher;   Hard;   Harden;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Azzut Panim;   Tosefta;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for October 11;   Every Day Light - Devotion for August 29;  

Parallel Translations

Bible kralická (1613)
Moudrost člověka osvěcuje oblíčej jeho, a nestydatost tváři jeho proměňuje.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as the: Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:13-16

who knoweth: Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:15, Genesis 41:16, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 41:39, Job 33:23, Proverbs 1:6, Daniel 2:28-30, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 4:18, Daniel 4:19, 2 Peter 1:20

a man's: Exodus 34:29, Exodus 34:30, Proverbs 4:8, Proverbs 4:9, Proverbs 17:24, Proverbs 24:5, Matthew 17:2, Acts 6:15

and the: Deuteronomy 28:50, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29, Ephesians 6:19

boldness: Heb. strength, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:35 - General Psalms 104:15 - oil to make his Proverbs 12:8 - commended Proverbs 24:23 - things James 3:13 - is a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who is as the wise [man]?.... Who is as the first man, that was made upright, and was a wise man? not one of his sons. Or who is as the wise man, meaning himself? no man; he was the wisest of men; and yet he could not find out wisdom, and the reason of things, and the wickedness of folly, Ecclesiastes 7:25; how therefore should any other man? what can the man do that comes after the king? Or who is like to a wise man, to he compared to him for honour and dignity? none; not those of the highest birth and blood, of the greatest wealth and riches, or in the highest places of power and authority; a wise man is above them, they being without wisdom; and especially such as are wise to salvation; these are the excellent in the earth, and the most worthy among men. Or who is a truly wise man? is there really such a person in the world, that has got to the perfection of wisdom? not one; and very few they are that can, in a true and proper sense, be called wise men. The Targum is,

"who is a wise man, that can stand against the wisdom of the Lord?''

and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? or "a word" q? the word of God, which is not of private interpretation? none know it rightly, but such who have the Spirit of God, the enditer of the word: Christ is the interpreter, one among a thousand; and, next to him are those who have his mind, and rightly divide the word of truth. The Targum is,

"and to know the interpretation of the words in the prophets:''

this may be understood of the solution of any difficulties in things natural or civil; and of the interpretation of any of the works of God, either in nature or providence, as well as of his word; and he is a wise man, that not only has wisdom in himself, but is able to teach others, and make them wise; can solve doubts, remove difficulties, interpret nature, the works and word of God. Aben Ezra repeats the note of similitude from the former clause, and so it may be rendered, "Who is as he that knows the interpretation of a thing", or "word?" such an one as Solomon was, Proverbs 1:6;

a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine: as Moses, when he came down from the mount, full fraught with the knowledge of the will of God,

Exodus 34:29; and as Stephen, whose wisdom and spirit, by which he spoke, were irresistible, Acts 6:10; wisdom, which discovers itself in a man's words and actions, gives comeliness to his person, makes him look amiable and lovely in the eyes of others: or, it "enlightens his face" r; by it he is able to see the difference between truth and falsehood, and what is to be done and not done; what way he should walk in, and what he should shun and avoid;

and the boldness of his face shall be changed; the ferocity and austerity of his countenance, the impudence and inhumanity that appeared in him before, through his wisdom and knowledge, are changed into meekness, gentleness, and humanity; of an impudent, fierce, and badly behaved man, he becomes meek, modest, affable, and humane; this effect natural wisdom and knowledge has on men s; and much more spiritual and evangelical wisdom, which comes from above, and is first pure, then peaceable and gentle, James 3:17. Some read it, "the strength of his face shall be doubled", or "renewed" t; he shall be changed into the same image, from glory to glory; his spiritual strength shall be renewed, and his light and knowledge increase yet more and more, 2 Corinthians 3:18. But Gussetius u renders it, his "boldness", or impudence, "shall be hated".

q דבר "verbi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus. r תאיר פניו "illustrati", Vatablus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus "illuminat", Cocceius, Gejerus, Rambachius, so Broughton. s "Adde quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes, emollit mores, nec sinit esse feros", Ovid. de Ponto, l. 2. Eleg. 9. t ישונא "duplicatur", Junius Tremellius, Varenius "instauratur", Cocceius, Gejerus. u Ebr. Comment. p. 595. so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And who - Rather, and as he who knoweth. The possessor of wisdom excels other people: it imparts serenity to his countenance, and removes the expression of gloom or fierceness (see the marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VIII

A man's wisdom makes his face shine, 1.

Kings are to be greatly respected, 2-4.

Of him who keeps the commandment; of the misery of man; of the

certainty of death, 5-8.

Of him that rules another to his own hurt, 9.

The end of the wicked, 10.

God's longsuffering, 11, 12.

It shall be ill with wicked men, 13.

Strange events in the course of Providence, 14, 15.

God's works cannot be found out, 16, 17.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:1. Who knoweth the interpretation — פשר pesher, a pure Chaldee word, found nowhere else in the Bible but in the Chaldee parts of Daniel. "A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine." Every state of the heart shines through the countenance; but there is such an evidence of the contented, happy, pure, benevolent state of the soul in the face of a truly pious man, that it must be observed, and cannot be mistaken. In the Hebrew the former clause of this verse ends the preceding chapter. Who has ever been deceived in the appearance of the face that belonged to a savage heart? Those who represent, by painting or otherwise, a wise man, with a gravely sour face, striking awe and forbidding approach, have either mistaken the man, or are unacquainted with some essential principles of their art.

The boldness of his face shall be changed. — Instead of ישנא yeshunne, which signifies shall be hated, many of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have ישנה yeshunneh, shall be changed or doubled. Hence the verse might be read, "The wisdom of a man shall illuminate his face; and the strength of his countenance shall be doubled." He shall speak with full confidence and conviction on a subject which he perfectly understands, and all will feel the weight of his observations.


 
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