Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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Gill's Exposition
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun,.... The great works he made, the houses he built; the vineyards, gardens, and orchards he planted, &c. what he got by his labour, his riches…
Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecc 2:13. Both are brought under vanity by events Ecc 2:14 which come on the wise man and…
Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business,…
Cambridge Bible
because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me The history of the great ones of the earth presents not a few parallel utterances. Mazarin walks through the galleries of his palace and…
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