Ecclesiastes 2:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. ”

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart (n) to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. (n) That I might seek the true happiness which is in God.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

took . toiled. Some codices, with two early printed editions, add wherein. had acted wisely
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. I went about to cause my heart to despair - What makes all worse, there is no remedy. It is impossibl...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair, &c.— And I considered every way, so that my heart despaired of ever gaining any sort of advantage from all the trouble that I took under th...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. I went about (I turned myself) to cause my heart to despair of all the labour - I gave up as...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Went about. — Ecclesiastes 7:25 ; Ecclesiastes 9:14 ; Ecclesiastes 12:5 .
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair ,.... Of ever finding happiness in anything here below. He "turned about" y, as the word signifies dropped his severe studies of wisdom, and his e...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. Ver. 20. Therefore I went about to cause my heart, &c., ] i.e., I set myself to take off t...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I went to cause my heart to despair I gave myself up to despair of ever reaping that satisfaction which I promised to myself. For there is a man whose labour , &c. Who uses great industry, and...
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I gave myself up to despondency, and despair of ever reaping that satisfaction which I promised to myself.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun, he was inclined to regard his life as a failure, if viewed from this standpoint alone.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:4 ; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; Genesis 43:14 ; Job 17:11-15 ; Psalms 39:6 ; Psalms 39:7
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Despair — I gave myself up to despair of ever reaping that satisfaction which I promised to myself.

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes