Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
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Ec 10:1-20.
1. Following up
Ec 9:18.
him that is in reputation--for example, David
(2Sa 12:14);
Solomon
(1Ki 11:1-43);
Jehoshaphat
(2Ch 18:1-34; 19:2);
Josiah
(2Ch 35:22).
The more delicate the perfume, the more easily spoiled is the ointment. Common oil is not so liable to injury. So the higher a man's religious character is, the more hurt is caused by a sinful folly in him. Bad savor is endurable in oil, but not in what professes to be, and is compounded by the perfumer ("apothecary") for, fragrance. "Flies" answer to "a little folly" (sin), appropriately, being small
(1Co 5:6);
also, "Beelzebub" means prince of flies. "Ointment" answers to "reputation"
(Ec 7:1; Ge 34:30).
The verbs are singular, the noun plural, implying that each of the flies causes the stinking savor.