Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
spirit—How the soul animates the body! Thus the transition to the formation of the body "in the womb" is more natural, than if with MAURER we translate it "wind" (Ecclesiastes 1:6; John 3:8).
bones . . . grow— (Job 10:8-9; Psalms 139:15-16).
knowest not the works of God— (Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Ecclesiastes 9:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 11:5:
Ecclesiastes 11:1
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