Ecc 2:21-23 | 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 2:21-23

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.

22. Same sentiment as in Ec 2:21, interrogatively.

23. The only fruit he has is, not only sorrows in his days, but all his days are sorrows, and his travail (not only has griefs connected with it, but is itself), grief.