Ecclesiastes 2:1
“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I said in mine heart,.... He communed with his heart, he thought and reasoned within himself, and came to this…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Solomon’s trial of God’s second gift, namely, riches, and the enjoyment which riches supply; this brought him to the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
I will prove thee with mirth The self-communing of the man talking to his soul, like the rich man in Luk 12:18-19, in…
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