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

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

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

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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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes