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It is vain for you to rise up early, To stay up late, Eating the bread of toil; For he gives sleep to his loved ones.
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Trust Over Anxious Toil
Commentators agree this verse does not condemn hard work but warns against anxious, self-reliant striving. Rising early and working late are 'vain' if they are not rooted in dependence on God. True success and provision are a blessing from the Lord, not merely the result of human effort.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is vain for you to rise up early—The psalmist does not say here that it is improper to rise early, or that there could be no adv…
19th Century
Anglican
It ... sleep. —This verse, whose literal rendering is not in question, has encountered many different interpretations. About the f…
Baptist
It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heri…
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16th Century
Protestant
It is vain for you in hastening to rise early. Solomon now expresses more plainly that men in vain wear themselves out with toiling, and w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late A description of an industrious and laborious person, who take…
Let us always look to God's providence. In all the affairs and business of a family, we must depend on His blessing.
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