For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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Gill's Exposition
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart?.... What profit has he by it, when there is so much vexation in it, both in getting it, and in the thought of leaving it to…
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
the vexation of his heart The word differs from that for which "feeding on wind" has been suggested, but is akin to it, and has been, as in Ecc 1:17, rendered by meditation. Here, perhaps, " corroding…
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