Ecclesiastes 7:15
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity,.... Or, "all these things" (u). What goes before and follows after, the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 7:15-17
The days of my vanity - This does not imply that those days of vanity were ended (see Ecc 1:12 note). The meaning may be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:11-22
Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness The writer looks back on what he calls "the days of his vanity,"…
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