Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Kohéleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that came his way, he found in…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and
on the labour that I had laboured to do

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth do towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hear…

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