Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Illustration more at large of Ecclesiastes 2:1-2.
I sought—I resolved, after search into many plans.
give myself unto wine—literally, "to draw my flesh," or "body to wine" (including all banquetings). Image from a captive drawn after a chariot in triumph (Romans 6:16, Romans 6:19; I Corinthians 12:2); or, one "allured" (II Peter 2:18-19).
yet acquainting . . . wisdom—literally, "and my heart (still) was behaving, or guiding itself," with wisdom [GESENIUS]. MAURER translates: "was weary of (worldly) wisdom." But the end of Ecclesiastes 2:9 confirms English Version.
folly—namely, pleasures of the flesh, termed "mad," Ecclesiastes 2:2.
all the days, etc.—(See Margin and Ecclesiastes 6:12; Job 15:20).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:3:
Ecclesiastes 2:9
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Ecclesiastes 5:6
Isaiah 18:2
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