Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun,.... All things done by the Lord, that were on the earth, and in it, and in the sea; he considered them, and endeavoured to search into the nature…

Vexation of spirit - A phrase which occurs 7 times, and may be otherwise translated, “feeding on wind.” Modern Hebrew grammarians assert that the word rendered “vexation” must be derived from a root…

Solomon, having asserted in general that all is vanity, and having given some general proofs of it, now takes the most effectual method to evince the truth of it, 1. By his own experience; he tried…

all is vanity and vexation of spirit The familiar words, though they fall in with the Debater's tone and have the support of the Vulg. "afflictio spiritus," hardly express the meaning of the Hebrew…