Ecclesiastes 2:3
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine,.... Not in an immoderate way, so as to intoxicate himself with it, in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I sought ... - Rather, I resolved (literally “I turned in my heart”) to draw my flesh with wine (see the margin), my…
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
to give myself unto wine Literally, and more vividly, to cherish my flesh with wine. The Hebrew word for "give" is…
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