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Ecclesiastes 1:16
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14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
15 aWhat is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.  
16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained amore wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has1 understood great wisdom and knowledge.”  
17 aAnd I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind. 
18 For ain much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. 
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Ecclesiastes 1:16

I am come ... - Rather, I have accumulated (literally "enlarged and added" ) wisdom more than etc.

They that have been ... - The reference is probably to the line of Canaanite kings who lived in Jerusalem before David took it, such as Melchizedek Genesis 14:18, Adonizedek Joshua 10:1, and Araunah II Samuel 24:23; or, it may be, to Solomon' s contemporaries of his own country I Kings 4:31 and of other countries who visited him I Kings 4:34; I Kings 10:24. for "in" Jerusalem render over.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ecclesiastes 1:16:

Ecclesiastes 1:12
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

 

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