Ecclésiaste 5:13-15 BDS

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

Another view of the evils attendant upon riches is here presented: the owner may lose them at a stroke, and leave nothing for his children. This thought is presented in different lights. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:14

Those riches perish by evil travail; thing or circumstance. There is no need to confine the cause of the loss to unsuccessful business, as many commentators do. The rich man does not seem to be a tradesman or speculator; he loses his property, like Job, by visitations for which he is in no way answerable—by storm or tempest, by robbers, by fire, by exactions, or by lawsuits. And he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. The verb rendered "begetteth" is in the past tense, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:15

The case of the rich man who has lost his property is here generalized. What is true of him is, in a measure, true of every one, so far as he can carry nothing away with him when he dies ( Psalms 49:17 ). As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came. There is a plain reference to Job 1:21 , "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither." The mother is the earth, human beings being regarded as her offspring. So the psalmist... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:14

Evil travail - Adverse accident, or unsuccessful employment (compare Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 4:8). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14. There is a sore evil, &c. “There is another thing, which is very calamitous, and may rather be called a grievous plague than a mere affliction; that these very treasures, which men have heaped up with a great deal of care, from thence expecting their felicity, prove, in the issue, their utter undoing;” being incentives to pride, luxury, and other hurtful lusts, which waste their bodies, shorten their lives, and destroy their souls; and being also great temptations... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

Ecclesiastes 5:15-17. As he came forth, &c., naked shall he return Into the womb, or belly of the earth, the common mother of all mankind. And shall take nothing of his labour This is another vanity. If his estate be neither lost nor kept to his hurt, yet when he dies he must leave it behind him, and cannot carry one handful of it into another world. And what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind For riches, which are empty and unsatisfying, uncertain and transitory; which... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

Advice about money (5:8-6:12)Greed for money is a common social evil and the cause of much suffering. Because of such greed, government officials exploit poor farmers. Each official makes sure he takes as much money as he can, so that after he has passed some of it on to those above him who protect him, he has enough left for himself. As for the farmers, besides losing their profits to corrupt officials, they must also give some of their harvest as a tax to the king (8-9).Prosperity does not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 5:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 5:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 5:15

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