ecclesiastes-2:20-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:17-26

Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off. Here therefore one would expect to have found the good that men should do, but Solomon tried this too; after a contemplative life and a voluptuous life, he betook himself to an active life, and found no more satisfaction in it than in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair ,.... Of ever finding happiness in anything here below. He "turned about" F25 וסבותי "versus sum", Montanus; "et ego verti me", Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus. , as the word signifies dropped his severe studies of wisdom, and his eager pursuits of pleasure; and desisted from those toilsome works, in which he had employed himself; and went from one thing to another, and settled and stuck at nothing, on purpose to relax his mind, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity ,.... Who does all he does, in natural, civil, and religious things, in the state, in his family, and the world, and whatsoever business he is engaged, in the wisest and best manner, with the utmost honesty and integrity, according to all the rules of wisdom and knowledge, and of justice and equity; meaning himself; the Midrash interprets this of God; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart ?.... What profit has he by it, when there is so much vexation in it, both in getting it, and in the thought of leaving it to others? What advantage is it to him, when it is all acquired for and possessed by another; and especially of what use is it to him after his death? Even of all wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? the Targum adds, "in this world"; though he has been labouring all his days, yet there is not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief ,.... All his days are full of sorrows, of a variety of them; and all his affairs and transactions of life are attended with grief and trouble; not only the days of old age are evil ones, in which he can take no pleasure; or those times which exceed the common age of man, when he is got to fourscore years or more, and when his strength is labour and sorrow; but even all his days, be they fewer or more, from his youth upward, are all evil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink ,.... Not in an immoderate and voluptuous manner, like the epicure and the atheist, that disbelieve a future state and the resurrection of the dead, and give up themselves to all sinful and sensual gratifications; but in a moderate way, enjoying in a cheerful and comfortable manner the good creatures of God, which he has given; being contented with them, thankful for them, and looking upon them as the blessings of divine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:25

For who can eat ?.... Who should eat, but such a man that has laboured for it? or, who has a power to eat, that is, cheerfully, comfortably, and freely to enjoy the good things of life he is possessed of, unless it be given him of God? see Ecclesiastes 6:1 ; or who else can hasten hereunto more than I ? the word "chush", in Rabbinical language, is used of the five senses, seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting: and R. Elias says F3 In Tishbi, p. 109. , there are some... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight ,.... No man is of himself good, or naturally so, but evil, very evil, as all the descendants of Adam are; there are some that are good in their own eyes, and in the sight of others, and yet not truly good; they are only really good, who are so in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and knows what is in man; they are such who are made good by his efficacious grace; who are inwardly, and not merely outwardly so; who are good at heart, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:20

I went about to cause my heart to despair - What makes all worse, there is no remedy. It is impossible in the present state of things to prevent these evils. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man - Does he not allude to himself? As if he had said, "I have labored to cultivate my mind in wisdom and in science, in knowledge of men and things, and have endeavored to establish equity and dispense justice. And now I find I shall leave all the fruits of my labor to a man that hath not labored therein, and consequently cannot prize what I have wrought." Does he not refer to his son Rehoboam? read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:17-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 2:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 2:21

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