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For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Equity. —Rather, skill, success (Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 5:7). The noun is peculiar to thi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in
knowledge, and in equity
Who do…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Our hearts are very reluctant to give up their expectations of great things from creation; but Solomon eventually came to this. The world is a vale…

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