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Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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The King's Final Verdict
Commentators stress that Solomon's conclusion isn't a fleeting thought. After meticulously pursuing every pleasure and project imaginable, he conducts a serious, sober review. His verdict that 'all was vanity' is presented as the definitive judgment from the one person who had it all, making his failure to find lasting satisfaction all the more profound.
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19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do
Presbyterian
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…
