Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The reason is here given why investigation into man's "works" is only "sore travail" (Ecclesiastes 1:13); namely, because all man's ways are vain (Ecclesiastes 1:18) and cannot be mended (Ecclesiastes 1:15).
vexation of—"a preying upon"
the Spirit—MAURER translates; "the pursuit of wind," as in Ecclesiastes 5:16; Hosea 12:1, "Ephraim feedeth on wind." But old versions support the English Version.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 1:14:
Job 15:2
Ecclesiastes 2:12
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