ecclesiastes 10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

ecclesiastes 10:15 The toil of a fool [so] wearies him that he does not [even] know how to go to a city.

15. labour . . . wearieth-- (Isa 55:2; Hab 2:13).
knoweth not how to go to the city--proverb for ignorance of the most ordinary matters (Ec 10:3); spiritually, the heavenly city (Ps 107:7; Mt 7:13, 14). MAURER connects Ec 10:15 with the following verses. The labor (vexation) caused by the foolish (injurious princes, Ec 10:4-7) harasses him who "knows not how to go to the city," to ingratiate himself with them there. English Version is simpler.

ecclesiastes 10:15 The toil of a fool [so] wearies him that he does not [even] know how to go to a city.

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