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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…

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.

[There is] nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat
and drink
Not in an i…

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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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes