Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
wife . . . lovest—godly and true love, opposed to the "snares" of the "thousand" concubines (Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:28), "among" whom Solomon could not find the true love which joins one man to one woman (Proverbs 5:15, Proverbs 5:18-19; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 9:9:
Job 3:20
Job 24:23
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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