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I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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A Universal Burden
The verse describes a "sore travail" or heavy task that God has given to all humanity. Scholars like Albert Barnes point out that the author uses the general name for God ("Elohim") rather than Israel's covenant name ("Yahweh"). This highlights that the frustrating search for meaning under the sun is a universal human experience, not one limited to a specific people group.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wisdom - As including both the powers of observation and judgment, and the knowledge acquired by that means (1 Kings 3:28; [Refe…
19th Century
Anglican
Gave my heart. —The phrase occurs again in this book (Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:25; [Reference Ecc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom As he had all advantages and opportunities, so he did not want for i…
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Solomon tried all things and found them vanity. He found his searches for knowledge weariness, not only to the flesh, but to the mind. The more he …
