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Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

God has made — Rather, God made. This is a definite allusion to the original state of man, in which he was exempt from vanity.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright ,
&c.] The first man Adam, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it; an…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constan…

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