Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Ecclesiastes6:9
9. Answer to the question in Ec 6:8. This is the advantage:
Better is the sight of the eyes--the wise man's godly enjoyment of present seen blessings
than the (fool's) wandering--literally, walking (Psa 73:9), of the desire, that is, vague, insatiable desires for what he has not (Ec 6:7; He 13:5).
this--restless wandering of desire, and not enjoying contentedly the present (1Ti 6:6, 8).
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