Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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Gill's Exposition
Go thy way,.... Thou righteous man, as Jarchi paraphrases it; and indeed epicures and voluptuous persons have no need of the following exhortation, and the reason annexed is not suitable to them; but…
Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecc 2:1-12. After the description Ecc 9:5-6 of the portionless condition of the dead, the next thought…
Solomon, in a fret, had praised the dead more than the living (Ecc 4:2); but here, considering the advantages of life to prepare for death and make sure the hope of a better life, he seems to be of…
Cambridge Bible
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy The Debater falls back, as before, on the Epicurean rule of tranquil regulated enjoyment, as in chs. Ecc 2:24; Ecc 3:12; Ecc 3:22; Ecc 5:18. Life was after all…
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