Pengkhotbah 10:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Jika amarah penguasa menimpa engkau, janganlah meninggalkan tempatmu, karena kesabaran mencegah kesalahan-kesalahan besar.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Jika amarah penguasa menimpa engkau, janganlah meninggalkan tempatmu, karena kesabaran mencegah kesalahan-kesalahan besar.

Contextual Overview

⁴ If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences. ⁵ Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: ⁶ in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath. ⁷ I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes. ⁸ But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym. ⁹ Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith. ¹⁰ When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and that with might: Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence. ¹¹ A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

leave: Ecclesiastes 8:3

for: 1 Samuel 25:24-44, Proverbs 25:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:6 - fled Genesis 16:8 - whence Genesis 16:9 - submit Genesis 32:4 - servant Genesis 33:3 - bowed 2 Samuel 19:19 - And said 1 Kings 12:7 - speak good Esther 4:8 - to make supplication Proverbs 15:18 - he Proverbs 16:14 - but Proverbs 20:2 - fear Daniel 2:7 - Let Zechariah 6:8 - quieted Acts 12:20 - but Romans 13:3 - rulers 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself Titus 3:1 - to be subject

Cross-References

Numbers 24:24
The shippes also shall come out of the coast of Chittim, and subdue Assur, and subdue Eber, and he hym selfe shall perishe at the last.

Isaiah 23:1
The burthen of Tyre. Mourne ye shippes of Tharsis, for there commeth such destruction, that ye shall not haue an house to enter into: and that there shalbe no traffike out of the lande of Cittim, they haue knowledge of this plague.

Isaiah 23:12
And he sayde: Make no more thy boast O virgin thou daughter Zidon, thou shalt be brought downe: Up, get thee ouer vnto Cittim, where neuerthelesse thou shalt haue no rest.

Ezekiel 27:12
They of Tharsis [were] thy marchauntes for the multitude of all riches, in siluer, iron, tin, and lead, whiche they brought to thy faires.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying: thus thou wast replenished and in great worship, euen in the mids of the sea.

Daniel 11:30
For the ships of Chithim shall come against him, therfore he shalbe sorie, and returne, and fret against the holy couenaunt: so shall he do, he shal [euen] returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenaunt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee,.... The wrath of the civil magistrate, the chief ruler of the land, the sovereign prince or king, to whom men are and should be subject: if his wrath on any occasion breaks out in a furious manner, and, like a storm and tempest, is very blustering and threatening:

leave not thy place; at court; thine office under the prince, do not throw it up in a passion, and quit his service upon it; and much less forget thy duty and allegiance to him, and go into disloyalty and rebellion; see Ecclesiastes 8:3;

for yielding pacifieth great offences; bearing his anger patiently, submitting to his displeasure quietly, making no returns, or at least giving soft answers, and behaving in a modest and humble manner; in time his wrath will subside, and he will be pacified, and forgive the offences committed; or be convinced that there were none, or however not so great as to require such resentment; see Proverbs 15:1. The Targum is,

"if a spirit of evil concupiscence rules over thee; thy good place, in which thou wert used to stand, leave not:''

some understand this of a man's having a spirit of rule and government coming upon him, or of his being advanced to power and authority, that then he should not forget the low estate in which he had been. Jarchi interprets it of the spirit of the governor of the world, strictly inquiring into the actions of men; and healing their sins by chastisements, which cause them to leave them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If the spirit ... - i. e., If he is angry.

Leave not thy place - i. e., Do not lose thy self-control and quit his presence. Gentleness on thy part will calm both thyself and him, and prevent great wrongs being committed by either.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 10:4. If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee — If the king get incensed against thee.

Leave not thy place — Humble thyself before him, that is thy place and duty; for yielding to him, and not standing stoutly in thy defence, pacifieth great offenses: and then, when his anger is appeased, he will hear any thing in thy justification, if thou have any thing to offer. This is good advice to a child in reference to his parents, and to an inferior of any kind in reference to his superiors.

Several of the fathers understood this differently, If the spirit of the ruler - the influence of Satan - hath risen up against and prevailed over thee, to bring thee into some sin; leave not thy place - do not despair of God's mercy; humble thyself before him, and seek pardon through the Son of his love, and this will be מרפא marpe, a remedy or cure even for חטאים גדולים chataim gedolim, great errors or sins. All this is true in itself, whether found in this text or not.