Qoheleth: A Commentary (Biblia.com)

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This commentary seeks to answer questions on Qoheleth’s purpose and organization. It is easy for almost anyone to relate to some of the messages of the book, but it has no overall progression of concepts and is sometimes hard to view as a unified, cohesive work. Kruger’s analysis explains the contradictions inside Qoheleth and provides some direction for both professional commentators and...

■ 1* Since wisdom and knowledge bring one only vexation and suffering (1:18*), it is logical when King Qoheleth now strives directly for pleasure and enjoyment. Like wisdom, they seem for him to be entirely attainable, even if the carrying out of the plan of v. 1a* is not expressly noted here. Yet even pleasure and enjoyment now seem to the king, upon closer examination, to be without meaning or value (הֶבֶל hebel). ■ 2* Again, this judgment is subsequently reinforced and explained, this

Ecclesiastes 2:1–26

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