I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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Gill's Exposition
I communed with my own heart,.... That is, looked into it, examined it, and considered what a stock and fund of knowledge he had in it, after all his researches into it; what happiness accrued to him…
Barnes' Notes
I am come ... - Rather, I have accumulated (literally “enlarged and added”) wisdom more than etc. They that have been ... - The reference is probably to the line of Canaanite kings who lived in…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Lo, I am come to great estate The pronoun is used emphatically. The verb in the Hebrew is connected closely with what follows and speaks not of outward majesty but of "becoming great," in wisdom. So…
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