Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Whatsoever—namely, in the service of God. This and last verse plainly are the language of Solomon, not of a skeptic, as HOLDEN would explain it.
hand, etc.— (Leviticus 12:8, Margin; I Samuel 10:7, Margin).
thy might—diligence (Deuteronomy 6:5; Jeremiah 48:10, Margin).
no work . . . in the grave— (John 9:4; Revelation 14:13). "The soul's play-day is Satan's work-day; the idler the man the busier the tempter" [SOUTH].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 9:10:
Job 28:22
Psalms 16:10
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Ecclesiastes 11:4
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Mark 12:30
Galatians 6:10
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