This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of justification for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage …

Words of the wise. —In this and the next verse, the weighty words of sages, such as Koheleth, are contrasted with the volubility o…

And that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

The words of the wise are as goods, and as nails fastened by the M…

The words of the wise [are] as goads
As the goad teaches the ox; so the Targum. Not the words of the wise philosophe…

Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY. These are the words of one who could speak from hard-won experience about the…