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Ecclesiastes 2:23

Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief,.... All his days are full of sorrows, of a variety of them; and all his affairs and transactions of life are attended with grief and trouble; not…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ecclesiastes 2:17-26

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night The verse speaks out the experience of the men who labour for that which does not profit. There is no real pleasure, even at the time. The "cares of this…