Ecclesiastes 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had takend under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. ”

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13 . Both are brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for all that is produced by toil. taken . toiled.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, 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. I hated all my labor - Because, 1. It has not answered the end for which it...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, 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. I hated all my labour ... because I should leave it unto the man tha...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Eccles. 9:19. There seems to be no special reference to Rehoboam, but only the assertion of the general principle that the wisest of men must leave all that his labour has gained to be enjoyed by ano...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. (17) Therefore I h...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun ,.... The great works he made, the houses he built; the vineyards, gardens, and orchards he planted, c. what he got by his labour, his rich...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, 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. Ver. 18. Yea, I hated all my labour, ] i.e., I was sorry to think that...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore I hated life My life, though accompanied with so much honour, and pleasure, and wisdom, was a burden to me, and I was ready to wish, either that I had never been born, or that I might spe...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun; all these riches and buildings, and other fruits of my labour, were the matter of my repentance, and aggravations of my misery, because I must...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Use Our Efforts When We Must Leave All Behind To Those Who Will Misuse It? ( Ecclesiastes 2:18-23 ). Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 ‘And I hated all my effort with which I exerted myself under the s...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 THE CONFESSIONS OF A PLEASURE-SEEKER I. That his life’s promise has failed. The pleasure-seeker begins life with high hopes. The intoxi...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's own Example
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Kings 11:11-13 ; Acts 20:29 ; Acts 20:30 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; Ecclesiastes 2:4-9 ; Ecclesiastes 4:3 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Ecclesiastes 5:14 ; Ec...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Vanity and Vexation under the Sun Ecclesiastes 2:11-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All my labour — All these riches and buildings, and other fruits of my labour, were aggravations of my misery. Because — Because I must, and that everlastingly, leave them all behind me.

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes