Ecclesiastes 2:25

Ecclesiastes 2:25

23 For all his days are ^asorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

24 ^aNothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.

25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment,¹ more than I?

26 For God gives ^awisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that ^bhe may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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hasten—after indulgences (Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 19:2), eagerly pursue such enjoyments. None can compete with me in this. If I, then, with all my opportunities of enjoyment, failed utterly to obtain solid pleasure of my own making, apart from God, who else can? God mercifully spares His children the sad experiment which Solomon made, by denying them the goods which they often desire. He gives them the fruits of Solomon's experience, without their paying the dear price at which Solomon bought it.

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