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Ecclesiastes 1:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 1 · verse 14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 1:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:14 in context
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.
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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Key words (Strong's)
- vexationrᵉʻûwtha feeding uponH7469 →
- vanityhebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- worksmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- sunshemeshthe sunH8121 →
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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