Ecclesiastes 2:15
“Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then said I in my heart, as it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me,.... The wisest of kings, and the…
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
why was I then more wise? Better, Why have I been wise now overmuch? The very wisdom of the seeker might lead him to see…
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