The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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Gill's Exposition
The labour of the foolish wearieth everyone of them,.... The labour of fools, both in speaking and doing, weary those who have any concern with them, and themselves likewise, since all their labour is…
Barnes' Notes
The sense is: “The fool wearies himself with ineffectual attempts, he has not sufficient knowledge for the transaction of ordinary business.”
Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in…
Cambridge Bible
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them The word for "labour" as in chap. Ecc 1:3; Gen 41:52; Job 3:3, as with our word "travail," carries with it the connotation of trouble as well as…
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