伝道の書 4:5-6 JC

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Vicissitudes of Life. ’Oh, the pity of it!’1-3. The mass of human suffering and the absence of pity are such that better off are the dead and still more the unborn.It is not only through God’s ordinance, but by reason of man’s perversity, that he is disturbed and perplexed by the social disturbances around him. The world is full of trouble. The weak are oppressed by the strong.4-6. Success involves envy. Better be secure and at peace. 4. Right] RV ’skilful,’ RM ’successful.’ For this..... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ecclesiastes 4:5

(5) Eateth his own flesh.—Interpreters have usually taken these words metaphorically, as in Psalms 27:2; Isaiah 49:26; Micah 3:3, and understood them as a condemnation of the sluggard’s conduct as suicidal. But it has been proposed, taking the verse in connection with that which precedes and those which follow, to understand them literally, “eats his meat;” the sense being that, considering the emulation and envy involved in all successful exertion, one is tempted to say that the sluggard does... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ecclesiastes 4:1-2 Compare John Morley's Critical Miscellanies, I. pp. 84 f. Reference. IV. 1. A. W. Momerie, Agnosticism, p. 204. Ecclesiastes 4:8 See Quarles's Emblems, II. 2. Ecclesiastes 4:9 'The best things come, as a general thing,' says Mr. Henry James in his Monograph on Hawthorne (p. 81), 'from the talents that are members of a group; every man works better when he has companions working in the same line, and yielding the stimulus of suggestion, comparison, emulation. Great things... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

SECOND SECTIONThe Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of BusinessEcclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her voice, nor in the Garden in which Pleasure spreads her lures: may it not be found in the Market, in devotion to Business and Public Affairs? The Preacher will try this experiment also. He gives himself to study and consider it. But at the very outset he discovers that he is in the iron grip of immutable... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:4-8

It is rendered hopeless by the base origin of Human Industries. Ecclesiastes 4:4-8This stinging sense of the miserable estate of his race has, however, diverted the Preacher from the conduct of the main argument he had in hand: to that he now returns (Ecclesiastes 4:4). And now he argues: You cannot hope to get good fruit from a bad root. But the several industries in which you are tempted to seek "the chief good and market of your time" have a most base and evil origin; they "spring from man’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

CHAPTER 4 Observations of Different Wrongs 1. Concerning oppressions (Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 ) 2. Concerning envy of fools and the rich (Ecclesiastes 4:4-7 ) 3. Concerning the miser (Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 ) 4. Concerning popularity (Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 ) Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 . He observes that the world is filled with oppressions. This connects with the statement made in the previous chapter, (verse 16). Criticism declares in connection with this passage that it could not have been written by... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:5

4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and {e} eateth his own flesh.(e) For idleness he is compelled to destroy himself. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

MAN’S TIMES (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 ) These are orderly and seasonable, but bring no permanent profit, because man is still ignorant of God’s purpose in them all. He does not know how to fit his work into God’s work. The conclusion is in Ecclesiastes 3:12-15 . GOD’S TIME (Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 ) There is a suggestion in verse 17 that this is long. It will be a time, too, of judgment and manifestation (Ecclesiastes 3:17-18 ). Yet, and perhaps because of this, man’s death is not different from... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

A Wise Lesson Ecclesiastes 4:0 Cohleleth appears in this, as in other verses, as a sympathetic man. There is the making of a true philosopher in him, in so far as he observes widely and clearly, though he does not always seem to draw the right conclusion from what he sees. It is very beautiful and instructive to notice how broad are his sympathies and how deep is his interest in human life. We seem to determine for ourselves the size of the world in which we live: if we dwell upon our own... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:3-6

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. (4) Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (5) The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. (6) Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. If we read these verses, as they refer to the carnal,... read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ecclesiastes 4:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:4-8

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Geneva Study Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:5

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:3-6

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