Be not overly wicked, neither be foolish: why should you die before your time?
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:17 Go To Ecclesiastes 7
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Over just, viz., By an excessive rigour in censuring the ways of God in bearing with the wicked. (Challoner)
Give not way to scruples, (St. Bernard) nor to self-conceit. (Alcuin.)
Become. Hebrew, "perish "being oppressed with majesty. (Lorin.) (Tirinus) (Calmet)