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And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

To know madness and folly A knowledge of folly would help him to discern wisdom, and to exercise that chief function of practical…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Madness and folly are words we should not expect to find in this context, and accordingly, some interpreters have attempted, based…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And I gave my heart to know wisdom
Which is repeated, for the confirmation of it, from ([Reference Ecclesiastes 1:13…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon tried all things and found them vanity. He found his searches for knowledge weariness, not only to the flesh, but to the mind. The more he …

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