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Ecclesiastes 2:25

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Ecclesiastes 2:25

Verse 25 of 26

Scripture focus

For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

Ecclesiastes 2:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:25

Theological / Devotional

Hasten. Better, “who will experience more than I?” Solomon maybe speaking of the work of his lifetime, and of his ability to appreciate the fruits of it more than another could. Or, God may be the speaker (see v. 24). In v. 25 the reading of the verse would be, “Who will eat and who will have experience apart from Him?”

More than. A more accurate reading would probably be, “apart from Him,” that is, from God. The sentiment would then be that God alone is the One who stands back of the lives of all men, and that nothing may happen apart from Him.

By SdaBc