Ecclesiastes 2:13
“Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then I sat that wisdom excelleth folly,.... However, this upon a review of things he could not but own, that natural…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecc 2:13.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly Better, as keeping up, in the English as in the Hebrew, the characteristic word of the…
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