Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
To his own hurt - Or, "to the hurt of the subject." The case is still that of an unwise king whose command is obeyed Ecclesiastes 8:2 even to the hurt of the wise man who obeys him.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ecclesiastes 8:9:
Daniel 2:15
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