Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 11:5
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Ecclesiastes11:5
5. spirit--How the soul animates the body! Thus the transition to the formation of the body "in the womb" is more natural, than if with Maurer we translate it "wind" (Ec 1:6; Joh 3:8).
bones ... grow--(Job 10:8, 9; Psa 139:15, 16).
knowest not the works of God--(Ec 3:11; 8:17; 9:12).
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