Ecclesiastes 7:26 says: All christian women are bitter than death. O Christian women are you really bitter?

Question

than death.
I ask you o christians women why your bible degrade you. Whereas Quran gives high pedestal to women. O christian women why all versions of bibles speaking against your dignity?
Ecclesiastes 7:26
NASB: And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I find that a woman whose thoughts are [like] traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are [like] chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Answer 1

Every woman is as bitter as gall. But she has two good moments: one in bed, the other at her death.

Answer 2

You need to read the whole chapter, and mark this passage well. Ecclestiates 7: 9 -10 Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger resides in the bosom of fools. Donot say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?" For is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
Please do the Bible the simple courtesy of not taking a verse out of context. It is the same as removing one random sentence from any page, and expecting it to then tell the whole story. Your question doesn't merit an answer because it was not carefully considered or even intended for honest discussion, in my opinion. For the record, Christian women have no reason, whatsoever, to be bitter about anything, Bittersness is a personal choice, a reaction, and has little, if anything, to do with religion.

Answer 3

Punter, Muslims (like adherents of any other religion) ought to be held responsible for intentionally misrepresenting the plain meaning of the sacred texts. The author of Ecclesiastes is searching for meaning in life, and this search has led him to despair because of all of the earthly ways he was looking for meaning, none brought him satisfaction. Among them is a type of woman whose heart is snares and nets. Not ALL women are being described this way--just the wicked ones that you Muslims would just as surely warn men about among your own. If you found a Muslim woman whose heart was snares and nets, then you too would advise those pleasing to God to avoid her and lament the sinner who is captured by her. Once again, the author is speaking of prostitutes here (or some reasonable equivalent)--NOT ALL WOMEN! Please do not anger God by intentionally misrepresenting His easy-to-understand Word.

Answer 4

You got that out of this verse?

Read it again.

It is referring to prostitutes, or otherwise deceptive women. Only a small minority of women might fall into these categories.

Ecc 7:25 So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

26 I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.
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Answer 5

Ecclesiastes 7: 26 talks about a harlot who ensnares and entraps. The heart of one such woman traps sinners. By the way, your Quran allows for such actions as long as it is to blend in with those unbelievers around yourself (to not give yourself away). This book doesn't even talk about Christians at all anyway. This book was written before Christ. I am glad to see you trying to understand the Bible, but don't just jump to conclusions.

Answer 6

Why are you quoting the wrong thing?.. it says "I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare", the women he is talking about are the adulteresses/prostitutes, not all women, read proverbs also when Solomon is speaking about the adulteresses, then you will understand. He is saying do not get caught up with them, leave them alone and you wont have to worry about sinning. Read the Bible, dont try to take one scripture and mess it up.

Answer 7

It is talking about a woman but DEFINATELY NOT a Christian woman. This woman has set a trap to cause a man to sin. She does not love God or man. With a little more research, you may find that this woman is symbolic and represents the Great Harlot of False Religion who commits fornication with the governments of men (the Wild Beast) and teaches lies about God.

Answer 8

First you are quoting the Old Testament (Written by the Jews) part of the Bible..(which I thought Islam accepted many parts of I.E. Abraham and Moses as prophets). anyway, Ecclesiastes, was written hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. "Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to write an incorrect quote in a question and prove it."

Answer 9

That depends on what you think the word ''bitter ''means 'cos a prophet from Old Testament(those to whom God spoke and shown up)this prophet spoke extraordinarily about his wife with a single word I don't know the English for it.(but he included the wife in a metaphor which means his wife was like gently touching your face or head , resulting the feeling of happiness.) The only thing that is against woman's dignity was something that didn't come from God , it came from the people from around who obeyed to the idols of satan and influenced some men from Israel to take two wives. So the only thing against my dignity in Bible comes from satan.Some men from that age were more sinners and they did enjoy sexuality instead of love (meaning a single woman).After the Jesus 'coming if you only look and want to sleep with a woman other then your wife ..you did it of a sheep!Which in my country means you got in trouble (in this case you are in big trouble ,you are at war with God)and you must behave better the at school and have a pure life from now on..to get forgivness. So that everything that is wrong about women or men comes from satan. .In my countries wives are seen as bad.Because they don't let their husbands sin.Men are considered by women as being''pigs''.That is why we in modern age talk about menthal compatiblity between man and woman. See you.

Answer 10

You lie. This verse says nothing about Christian women. This was written before Christ!!!! It is a passage about whores!!! Stay away from them.
Solomon, who wrote Ecclesiastes also wrote Proverbs.
Proverbs 31: 10-11 NIV
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value"
NIV