Ecclesiastes 2:21
“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity,.... Who does all he does, in 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 2:17-26
Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
For there is a man It is characteristic of the Debater that he broods over the same thought, and contemplates it as in a…
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