Read these six verses together to understand the writer's meaning, and compare (Ecclesiastes 2:1–12).

After the description ([Re…

Your hand finds.—Leviticus 12:8; Judges 9:33; and marginal references.

The grave.—<…

Whatsoever your hand findeth to do
Not anything that is evil, which is near at hand, and easy to be found, and is in…

The state of the most despicable living man is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to…