14. I have seen Meaning, “I have looked at, or considered.” The author is conscious of having done his work. Behold, all is vanity Koheleth states the result before he gives us the process by which he reached it. The phrase vexation of spirit is strangely inaccurate. It should be, a grasping after wind. So it is properly rendered in Hosea 12:1, “feedeth on wind.” read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 1:14
14. I have seen Meaning, “I have looked at, or considered.” The author is conscious of having done his work. Behold, all is vanity Koheleth states the result before he gives us the process by which he reached it. The phrase vexation of spirit is strangely inaccurate. It should be, a grasping after wind. So it is properly rendered in Hosea 12:1, “feedeth on wind.” read more