Ecclesiastes 2:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. ”

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon’s trial of God’s second gift, namely, riches, and the enjoyment which riches supply; this brought him to the sane result (compare Ecclesiastes 1:12 ). Comparing Solomon’s action with Lu...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I said in my heart, Come now, I will tempt (a) thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity. (a) Solomon makes this discourse with himself, as though he would try wh...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enjoy . look thou into. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I will prove thee with mirth - This is well expressed by the author so oft...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said in mine heart. "I" (Heb., ani) is emphatic: I who had such am...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I will prove thee with mirth ] Wisdom, whether sought in nature or in human things, having proved unsatisfying, he now makes a cast in another direction. Increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow;...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In mine heart. — To mine heart ( Luke 12:19 ; Psalms 42:11 ). Go to now. — Numbers 22:6 ; Judges 19:11 . Enjoy. — Heb., see.
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

24-26, Vain Undertakings Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. T...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter the Preacher prosecutes still further the doctrine of the emptiness of creatures, to give happiness. Having in the former Chapter stated the subject in general, he here ente...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I said in mine heart ,.... He communed with his heart, he thought and reasoned within himself, and came to this resolution in his own mind; that since he could not find happiness in natural wisdom a...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity. Ver. 1. Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. ] The merry Greeks o...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I said in my heart Being disappointed of my hopes from knowledge, I resolved to try another course. Go to now O my soul! I will try whether I cannot make thee happy by the enjoyment of sensual de...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 2 Pleasure and mirth also vanity, Ecclesiastes 2:1,2 ; whether in wine, or buildings and gardens, or servants, or cattle, or silver and gold, or music, Ecclesiastes 2:3-8...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 2 The Search for Pleasure. Experimenting With Good Things ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleas...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:1 . I said in mine heart.] The pronoun is emphatic and denotes the importance of the person who is speaking. There are instances of such addresses to the soul in t...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, of all forced and frantic joy, it is mad...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. The threefold view of human life Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I said in mine heart, in considering carefully the possibility of enjoyment, Go to, now, I will prove thee with mirth, to find out whether he would feel happy and contented in enjoyment of the sens...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 5:5 ; Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Ecclesiastes 8:15 ; Ecclesiastes 1:16 ; Ecclesiastes 1:17 ; Ecclesiastes 2:15 ; Ecclesiastes 3:17 ; Ecclesiastes 3:18 ; Genesis 11:3 ; Genesis 11:4 ; Gene...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I said — Being disappointed of my hopes from knowledge, I resolved to try another course. Go to — O my soul! I will try whether I cannot make thee happy, by the enjoyment of sensual delights. Vanit...

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes