18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: …
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off. Here therefore one would expect to have found the good that men should do, but Solomon tried this too; after a contemplative life and a volu…
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