American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
17I saidH559 in my heartH3820, GodH430 will judgeH8199 the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563; for there is a timeH6256 there for every purpose and for every workH4639. 18I saidH559 in my heartH3820, It isbecause of the sonsH1121 of menH120, that GodH430 may prove them, and that they may seeH7200 that they themselves are but as beasts. 19For that which befalleth the sonsH1121 of menH120 befalleth beasts; even oneH259 thing befalleth them: as the oneH259 dieth, soH3651 dieth the other; yea, they have all oneH259 breathH7307; and manH120 hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanityH1892. 20All goH1980 unto oneH259 placeH4725; all areH1961 of the dustH6083, and all turnH7725 to dustH6083 again. 21Who knoweth the spiritH7307 of manH120, whether it goeth upwardH4605, and the spiritH7307 of the beast, whether it goeth downwardH4295 to the earthH776? 22Wherefore I sawH7200 that there is nothingH369 betterH2896, than that a manH120 should rejoiceH8055 in his worksH4639; for that is his portionH2506: for who shall bringH935 him back to seeH7200 what shall beH1961 after him?
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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