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Ecclesiasteschapter 2

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Chapter summary

The experiment at full scale: laughter, wine, great works, houses, vineyards, gardens, servants, silver and gold, singers: 'whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them.' Then the audit: 'all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.' Wisdom excels folly as light darkness, yet one event happeneth to them both.

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The experiment at full scale: laughter, wine, great works, houses, vineyards, gardens, servants, silver and gold, singers: 'whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them.' Then the audit: 'all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.' Wisdom excels folly as light darkness, yet one event happeneth to them both. And a man must leave his labor to one who comes after, wise or fool. The first glimmer: nothing better than to eat, drink, and make the soul enjoy good: 'this also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

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  • A. 1–11 I Made Me Great Works, and Behold, All Was Vanity
  • B. 12–17 One Event Happeneth to the Wise Man and the Fool
  • C. 18–26 I Hated My Labor, For I Must Leave It to the Man After Me
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    • Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
    • Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.