Ecclesiastes 2:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

I got - Rather, I bought, in distinction from those born in the house. The “children of Solomon’s servants” (Compare to Ezra 2:55,[Reference…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Got me.—The servants acquired by purchase are distinguished from those born in the house. (Concerning the number of Solomon’s servants, se…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

I got [me] servants and maidens Menservants, and maidservants; the Targum adds, "of the children of Ham, and of the rest …

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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