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I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
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A Call to Moral Action
Commentators clarify that the phrase "to do good" primarily refers to moral action and living righteously. While enjoying life is a gift from God (mentioned in the next verse), scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott stress that this specific phrase points to our duty to act rightly and ethically throughout our lives.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In them - i.e., in the sons of men.
To do good - In a moral sense. Physical enjoyment is referred to in Ecclesiastes 3:13.
19th Century
Anglican
I know.—Literally, I knew: i.e., I came to know. The writer is relating the conclusions at which he successively arrived.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I know that [there is] no good in them In these things; as the Arabic version; in the creatures, as Jarchi; in all sublunary e…
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