Ecclesiastes 8:16
“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom,.... The nature and causes of things; the wisdom of God in his providence, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
These verses supplement Ecc 8:15 with the reflection that the man who goes beyond that limited sphere within which he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 8:14-17
Wise and good men have, of old, been perplexed with this difficulty, how the prosperity of the wicked and the troubles…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom The opening formula has met us before in ch. Ecc 1:13. The parenthetical clause…
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