Ecclesiastes 2:23
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief,.... All his days are full of sorrows, of a variety of them; and all…
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
yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night The verse speaks out the experience of the men who labour for that which…
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