Ecclesiastes 2:24 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Solomon, having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other (Ecclesiastes 2:13). Bot…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

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.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

[There is] nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat
and drink

Not in an i…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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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