The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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Gill's Exposition
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words,.... Not mere words, fine and florid ones, the words which man's wisdom teacheth, an elegant style, or eloquent language; not but that it is proper for…
This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage serves therefore to make the book more intelligible and…
Solomon is here drawing towards a close, and is loth to part till he has gained his point, and prevailed with his hearers, with his readers, to seek for that satisfaction in God only and in their duty…
Cambridge Bible
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words Literally, words of delight, or pleasure, as in chs. Ecc 5:4; Ecc 12:1. The phrase reminds us of "the words of grace" (Luk 4:22) which came from the…
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