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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:9

I was great, and increased] now in splendour and luxury, as before in knowledge. In closing the account of this experiment he expresses himself as he did at the end of his endeavour to find satisfaction in wisdom (Ecclesiastes 1:16).

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See also Ecclesiastes 2:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I was great, and increased_ There is something significant in the repetition of the formula of ch. Ecclesiastes 1:16. The king had surpassed all others in wisdom, he was now surpassing all others in...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ALSO MY WISDOM REMAINED WITH ME— The meaning is, that Solomon's greatness had no way impaired his wisdom, as is too frequently the case....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 TEXT 2:1-11 1 I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself. And behold, it too was fut...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (9-11) Kohéleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that fell to his lot, he found in it no abiding profit. He goes on in the fo...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ גָדַ֣לְתִּי וְ הֹוסַ֔פְתִּי מִ כֹּ֛ל שֶׁ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. There w...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom (f) remained with me. (f) For all this God did not take his gift of wisdom from me....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wisdom, not that which was supernatural, and could not be found amid such delights, ver. 3., and James iii. 17. I knew that all this was vanity. (Calmet) Video meliora proboque,_ Deteriora sequor. ...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO I WAS GREAT,.... Became famous for the great works wrought by him before mentioned; AND INCREASED MORE THAN ALL THAT WERE BEFORE ME IN JERUSALEM; the Targum adds, "in riches"; but it seems rather...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Ver. 9. _Also my wisdom remained with me._] Outward things are dead things, and cannot t...

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

    _So I was great_ In riches, and power, and glory. _My wisdom remained_ As yet I was not wholly seduced from God. _And whatsoever mine eyes desired_ Whatsoever was grateful to my senses, or my heart de...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So I was great, possessed of riches and power, AND INCREASED MORE THAN ALL THAT WERE BEFORE ME IN JERUSALEM, as the historical accounts fully substantiate, 1 Kings 9-11; ALSO MY WISDOM REMAINED WITH M...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's own Example...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "THEN. BECAME GREAT AND INCREASED MORE THAN ALL WHO PRECEDED ME IN JERUSALEM. MY WISDOM ALSO STOOD BY ME."MY WISDOM ALSO STOOD BY ME" -that earthly common sense, self-restraint and prudence. The best...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WAS GREAT, in riches, and power, and glory. ALSO MY WISDOM REMAINED WITH ME; as yet I was not wholly besotted and seduced from God by these things, as I was afterwards; I still had the use of my rea...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 2:9 great H1431 (H8804) excelled H3254 (H8689) before H6440 Jerusalem H3389 wisdom H2451 remained H5

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE. Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18. Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy, _it is mad._ Chald...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._ THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral experiment. ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR TR...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._ ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a course of sensua...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with [pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1). So we read in the New Testament the ep...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:25; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 10:7; 1 Kings 3:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Great — In riches, and power, and glory. My wisdom remained — As yet I was not wholly seduced from God....

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