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**under the sun.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/3) .
**men.** Hebrew. *adam* (with Art.) = humanity. App-14 . See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/13) .

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with Art.) = the [true] God, or the Deity. App-4 . See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/13) .
**wealth.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 5:19](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/19) .
**his soul** = himself. Hebrew. *nephesh.*
**vanity.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/2) .

**filled** = satisfied.

**he cometh:** i.e. in the untimely birth of [Ecclesiastes 6:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3) .

**do not all. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* (in Affirmation), App-6 . Compare [Ecclesiastes 3:19-21](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/19-21) .
**one place:** i.e. Sheol. App-35 .

**labour** = toil.
**the appetite** = the soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.*

**what** = what [advantage].
**the wise** = a wise one, or sage.
**the fool** = a fool. Hebrew. *kesil* . See note on [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7) .
**the poor** = a wretched one. Heb *'anah.* See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .

**Better.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 2:24](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/24) .
**the sight of** = what is seen by.
**the wandering of** = what is pursued by.
**the desire** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . No Art.
**vexation of spirit.** See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/14) .
**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 ,

**That which hath been is named already, &c.** : *"What is he who hath been? "(Compare [Ecclesiastes 1:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/9)* *).* *Long ago his name was given;* *And it is understood what [that name was,]--* *It was Adam":* which means vegetable mould, made in the likeness of Elohim, [Genesis 1:27](../../../kjv/genesis/1/27) ; [Genesis 2:7](../../../kjv/genesis/2/7) ; [Genesis 5:1](../../../kjv/genesis/5/1) , [Genesis 5:2](../../../kjv/genesis/5/2) . Made of "earth" he returns to earth ([1 Corinthians 15:47](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/47) ): i.e. "vanity". This book is a comment on [Psalms 144:4](../../../kjv/psalms/144/4) . Compare [Psalms 39](../../../kjv/psalms/39) ; [Psalms 49](../../../kjv/psalms/49) ; [Psalms 62](../../../kjv/psalms/62) .

**all the days of his vain life** = the numbered days of his vain life.
**for** = as to which.

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