Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The words of wise, etc.—Though generally the poor wise man is not heard (Ecclesiastes 9:16), yet "the words of wise men, when heard in quiet (when calmly given heed to, as in Ecclesiastes 9:15), are more serviceable than," etc.
ruleth—as the "great king" (Ecclesiastes 9:14). Solomon reverts to "the rulers to their own hurt" (Ecclesiastes 8:9).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 9:17:
Ecclesiastes 7:19
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