Ecc 2:21 | JFB | STEP | 21. Suppose "there is a man," &c. equity-- rather "with success," as the Hebrew is rendered ( ), "prosper," though Margin gives "right" [Holden and Maurer]. evil-- not in itself, for this is the ordinary course of things, but "evil," as regards the chief good, that one should have toiled so fruitlessly.

‏ Ecclesiastes 2:21

21. Suppose "there is a man," &c.

equity--rather "with success," as the Hebrew is rendered (Ec 11:6), "prosper," though Margin gives "right" [Holden and Maurer].

evil--not in itself, for this is the ordinary course of things, but "evil," as regards the chief good, that one should have toiled so fruitlessly.