Ecc 10:15 | JFB | STEP | 15. labour . . . wearieth — ( ). knoweth not how to go to the city —proverb for ignorance of the most ordinary matters ( ); spiritually, the heavenly city ( ). MAURER connects with the following verses. The labor (vexation) caused by the foolish (injurious princes, ) harasses him who "knows not how to go to the city," to ingratiate himself with them there. English Version is simpler.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

15. labour . . . wearieth— (Isa 55:2; Hab 2:13).

knoweth not how to go to the city—proverb for ignorance of the most ordinary matters (Ec 10:3); spiritually, the heavenly city (Ps 107:7; Mt 7:13, 14). MAURER connects Ec 10:15 with the following verses. The labor (vexation) caused by the foolish (injurious princes, Ec 10:4-7) harasses him who "knows not how to go to the city," to ingratiate himself with them there. English Version is simpler.