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It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

It is vain for you to rise up early—The psalmist does not say here that it is improper to rise early, or that there could be no adv…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

It ... sleep. —This verse, whose literal rendering is not in question, has encountered many different interpretations. About the f…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heri…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

It is vain for you in hastening to rise early. Solomon now expresses more plainly that men in vain wear themselves out with toiling, and w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late
A description of an industrious and laborious person, who take…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let us always look to God's providence. In all the affairs and busine of a family, we must depend on His ble ing.

  1. For raising a fam…

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