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Solomon, having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other (Ecclesiastes 2:13). Bot…

This verse presents some translation difficulties which need not be discussed here. The Authorized Version gives the following very good sense: If …

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly ,
&c.] Being disappointed in his pursuit of pleasure, a…

Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes