Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 5:17
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Ecclesiastes5:17
17. eateth--appropriately put for "liveth" in general, as connected with Ec 5:11, 12, 18.
darkness--opposed to "light (joy) of countenance" (Ec 8:1; Pr 16:15).
wrath--fretfulness, literally, "His sorrow is much, and his infirmity (of body) and wrath."
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