Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? This is a general proof of the vanity of all things, since there is no profit arises to a man of all his labour; for, though it…

What profit ... - The question often repeated is the great practical inquiry of the book; it receives its final answer in Ecc 12:13-14. When this question was asked, the Lord had not yet spoken Mat…

Here is, I. An account of the penman of this book; it was Solomon, for no other son of David was king of Jerusalem; but he conceals his name Solomon, peaceable, because by his sin he had brought…

What profit hath a man The question is, it is obvious, as in the analogous question of Mat 16:26, the most emphatic form of a negation. For "all his labour which he taketh" read all his toil which he…