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Ecclesiastes 1:13 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 1 · verse 13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.Ecclesiastes 1:13 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:13 in context
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- travailʻinyânadoH6045 →
- wisdomchokmâhwisdomH2451 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- seekdârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
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Solomon, having asserted in general that all is vanity, and having given some general proofs of it, now takes the most effectual method to evince the truth of it, 1. By his own experience; he tried them all, and found them vanity. 2. By an induction of particulars;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18