Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The theme proposed of the first part of his discourse.
Vanity of vanities--Hebraism for the most utter vanity. So "holy of holies" (Exodus 26:33); "servant of servants" (Genesis 9:25). The repetition increases the force.
all--Hebrew, "the all"; all without exception, namely, earthly things.
vanity--not in themselves, for God maketh nothing in vain (1 Timothy 4:4-5), but vain when put in the place of God and made the end, instead of the means (Psalms 39:5-6; Psalms 62:9; Matthew 6:33); vain, also, because of the "vanity" to which they are "subjected" by the fall (Romans 8:20).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ecclesiastes 12:8-12
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