Verse 3
in mine heart : i.e. resolved.
to give myself unto: or, how to enlist, by wine, my very flesh [in the work]: i.e. the work of proving the heart with mirth "yet retaining wisdom".
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27 .
wisdom. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 . men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . Note the use of this word in Ecc. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 .
under the heaven. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 . Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sun", to which it is equivalent.
all the days = the numbered days.
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