Ecclesiastes 5:16 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

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John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go

This seems not to be an evil or va…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor …