John Gill's Exposition on Ecclesiastes 3:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men, etc.] The pains and trouble they are at to get a little wisdom and knowledge, (<210113>Ecclesiastes 1:13); and so to obtain riches and honour, peace and plenty, which sometimes they do obtain, and sometimes not; and when they do, do not keep them long, for there is a time for everything. This the wise man had observed, in a variety of instances; and he considered the end of God in it, which was for men to be exercised in it, or “by it”; or “to afflict” or “humble [them] by it”f85; to let them see that all their toil and labour signified little; all depended on a divine blessing, and no happiness was to be had in the creatures; all was vanity and vexation of spirit; (see Gill on “<210113>Ecclesiastes 1:13”).

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