Ecclesiastes 10:3

“Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, etc.] The king’s highway, the common road; as he passeth along the streets, going to any place, or about any business: his wisdom faileth [him]; or “his heart”f235; he appears by his gait, his manner of walking, to want a heart, to be a fool; walking with a froward mouth, winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, and teaching with his fingers; all which shows the frowardness and folly of his heart, (<200612>Proverbs 6:12-14); or he discovers it throughout his conversation, in all the actions of it, in whatsoever business he is concerned, and in all the affairs of life. The Targum is, “when he walketh in a perplexed way;” then his…”

“by the way--in his ordinary course; in his simplest acts (Pro 6:12-14). That he "saith," virtually, "that he" himself, &c. [Septuagint]. But Vulgate, "He thinks that every one (else whom he meets) is a fool."”

““Way” may be understood either literally (compare Ecclesiastes 10:15), or figuratively, of the course of action which he follows. He saith ... - He exposes his folly to every one he meets. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Walketh - In his daily conversation. He saith - He discovers his folly to all that meet him. Ecclesiastes 10:4”

“wisdom: Heb. heart and he: Ecc 5:3; Pro 13:16, Pro 18:2, Pro 18:6; Pe1 4:4 Ecclesiastes 10:4”

“This proverb forms, along with the preceding, a tetrastich, for it is divided into two parts by vav. The Kerı̂ has removed the art. in כש and שה, Ecc 6:10, as incompatible with the ש. The order of the words vegam-baderek keshehsachal holek is inverted for vegam keshehsachal baderek holek, cf. Ecc 3:13, and also rav shěyihyn, Ecc 6:3; so far as this signifies, "supposing that they are many." Plainly the author intends to give prominence to "on the way;" and why, but because the fool, the inclination of whose heart, according to 2b, always goes to the left, is now placed in view as he presents himself in his public manner of life. Instead of לב־הוּא חסר we have here the verbal clause חסר…”