12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-16)Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having also put both together, here compares them one with another and passes a judgment upon them. I. He sets himself to consider both wisdom and folly. He had considered these before (Eccl. 1:17); but lest it should be thought he was then too quick in passing a judgment upon them, he h…
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