2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. …
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. An account of the penman of this book; it was Solomon, for no other son of David was king of Jerusalem; but he conceals his name Solomon, peaceable , because by his sin he had brought trouble upon himself and his kingdom, had broken his peace with God and lost the peace of his conscience, and therefore was no more worthy of that name. Call me not Solomon , call me Marah , for, behold,…
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