3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3 —
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Matthew Henry
(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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