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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3 - Introduction

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 the divine counsels, Ecclesiastes 3:11. The vanity of honour and power, often an instrument of oppression, for which God will judge the oppressors, Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 3:17; whose condition in this world is no better than that of brutes, Ecclesiastes 3:18. Therefore live well, Ecclesiastes 3:22.

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