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See also Ecclesiastes 3 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It follows from Ecclesiastes 2:26 that the works of people are subject in their results to another will (God’s) besides that of the doer. Here is the germ of the great question of later times - how to...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _BY THE NECESSARY CHANGE OF TIMES, VANITY IS ADDED TO HUMAN TRAVAIL. THERE IS AN EXCELLENCY IN GOD'S WORKS: BUT AS FOR MAN, GOD SHALL JUDGE HIS WORKS THERE, AND HERE HE SHALL BE LIKE A BEAST._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Preacher, (e-5) Strictly, 'a former of assemblies;' see for the sense, though not the same expression, ch. 12.11....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    III. The thought expressed at the end of the last chapter is developed in this chapter, which treats of the supremacy of God. Man can have no enjoyment except as He is pleased to bestow it. He has pr...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES 3 The general design of this chapter is to confirm what is before observed, the vanity and inconstancy of all things; the frailty of man, and changes respecting him; his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3027. B.C. 977._ Solomon proves that we ought to make use of what God has given us, by showing the mutability of all human affairs, Ecclesiastes 3:1. The immutability and unsearchableness of th...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 3 THERE IS A RIGHT TIME FOR EVERYTHING. THERE IS ALSO TRANSIENT BEAUTY IN THE WORLD AND MAN HAS EVERLASTINGNESS IN HIS HEART. BUT THERE IS ALSO INJUSTICE, AND IN THE END ALL DIE. His experimen...

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