Ecc 9:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. Whatsoever —namely, in the service of God. This and last verse plainly are the language of Solomon, not of a skeptic, as HOLDEN would explain it. hand, &c.— ( , Margin; , Margin ). thy might —diligence ( , Margin ). no work . . . in the grave — ( ). "The soul's play-day is Satan's work-day; the idler the man the busier the tempter" [SOUTH ].

Ecclesiastes 9:10

10. Whatsoever—namely, in the service of God. This and last verse plainly are the language of Solomon, not of a skeptic, as HOLDEN would explain it.

hand, &c.— (Le 12:8, Margin; 1Sa 10:7, Margin).

thy might—diligence (De 6:5; Jer 48:10, Margin).

no work . . . in the grave— (Joh 9:4; Re 14:13). "The soul's play-day is Satan's work-day; the idler the man the busier the tempter" [SOUTH].