'All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked': this is the evil in all that is done under the sun. But a living dog is better than a dead lion, for the living know that they shall die. Therefore the fullest statement of the gift: eat thy bread with joy; let thy garments be always white; 'live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest… Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.' Time and chance happen to them all. And one poor wise man delivered a city, yet no man remembered him: 'wisdom is better than strength,' though despised.

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

Context

Poetry · Solomon — Ecclesiastes overview

A. 1–6 One Event to All: the Living Know That They Shall Die
B. 7–12 Eat Thy Bread With Joy; Time and Chance Happen to All
C. 13–18 The Poor Wise Man Who Saved the City, and No One Remembered Him

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Ecclesiastes 22 verses
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Proverbs 212 verses
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Joshua 72 verses
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