Ecclesiastes 2:2
said <0559> [I said.]
Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of intemperate pleasure, whose two attendants, laughter and mirth, are introduced by a beautiful prosopopoeia, as two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.
folly <01984> [It is.]
Ecclesiastes 7:4
heart ............. heart <03820> [heart.]
heart ............. heart <03820> [the heart.]
Ecclesiastes 2:1
<0559> [said.]
<03212> [Go to.]
self-indulgent <05254> [I will.]
Ecclesiastes 5:20
much .... fleeting <07235 02142> [For he shall not much remember. or, Though he give not much, yet he rembemereth, etc.]
God <0430> [because.]
Ecclesiastes 9:7
<03212> [Go.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
God <0430> [for.]
Ecclesiastes 2:10
wanted <05869> [whatsoever.]
myself ........... accomplishments <08056 03820> [my heart rejoiced.]
Ecclesiastes 2:26
pleases ............................ pleases <06440> [in his sight. Heb. before him.]
wisdom <02451> [wisdom.]
sinner <02398> [to the sinner.]
Ecclesiastes 8:15
recommend <07623> [Then I.]
Some consider this as the cavil of an infidel objector, equivalent to the Epicurean maxim, {Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas,} "Eat, drink, and play; there is no pleasure after death." But it may be regarded as a recommendation of a moderate use of worldly things, with a cheerful and contented mind; which may justly be considered as the greatest advantage which can be made of all below the sun: and amidst all changes, such a frame of mind, if the result of right principles, may and ought to be preserved; and it will be the recompence and solace of all our labours and toils.
