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There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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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

Nothing better. —“Not good” is the sense of the Hebrew as it stands, for it should be noted that the word “than” is in italics.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[There is] nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat
and drink

Not in an i…

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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