传道书 6:4 CUVS

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:4

He. The infant, though some explain it of the miser. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. A numerous family was a matter of fond desire and of high honour among the Hebrews; and long life is the desire of mankind in general. Even with these additions a man may not be able to enjoy his riches, family, and life. Such... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

Of the Vanity of Earthly Riches. v. 1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men, it weighs heavily upon a great many unfortunate people; v. 2. a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, even to the point of luxury, all the highest gifts known to man here on earth, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, lacking nothing of things which are commonly considered most desirable by men, yet God giveth him not power to eat... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

THIRD DISCOURSEof true practical Wisdom.Ecclesiastes 6:1 to Ecclesiastes 8:15.A. It cannot consist in striving after earthly sources of happinessEcclesiastes 6:1-12.1. Even those most richly blessed with earthly possessions do not attain to a true and lasting enjoyment of them(Ecclesiastes 6:1-6.)1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty. Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of the sorrows of the wealthy. A man possessing, cannot possess. Lacking nothing of all he desires, yet he cannot eat thereof. That is to say, he has a craving and desire within him which none of these things can appease. If a man be surrounded by children and yet at last have no burial, it would be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:1-7

Life Is Not Enjoyable To Even Some of the Rich (Ecclesiastes 6:1-7 ). Ecclesiastes 6:1 ‘There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily on men. A man to whom God gives riches, wealth and honour so that he lacks nothing for himself of all that he could desire, yet God does not give him the privilege (power) of enjoying them, but a stranger eats of it. This is vanity and a sore affliction.’ He points out that life is not always consistent. There may be many reasons why a... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

Ecclesiastes 6. Further Reflections on Wealth and Fate.— Parallel with the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires are unfulfilled. Having no keen satisfaction himself he yet hopes to see his son enjoy his acquisitions, but he is childless, or if he has the blessings of a large family (a “ hundred” is just a round number) and a long life— both highly prized by the Jews— the children may disappoint him by their... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:4

For; or rather, although, as this particle is frequently rendered. For this verse seems to contain not so much a reason of what he last said, that an untimely birth is better than he, as an answer to an exception which might be made against it. Although all that is here said be true of the abortive, yet it is better than he. He; either, 1. The covetous man. Or rather, 2. The abortive; of whom alone, and not of the former, that passage is true, he hath not seen the sun, Ecclesiastes 6:5. Cometh... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

CRITICAL NOTES.—Ecclesiastes 6:1. Common among men] In the strict meaning of the word, the reference is to the magnitude of the evil, and not to the frequency of it. That which appears to be good is discovered, after all, to be a great evil. Ecclesiastes 6:3. And also that he have no burial] Through the lack of filial devotion on the part of his posterity, he is denied an honourable burial—one in accordance with his social position. Ecclesiastes 6:4. For he cometh in with vanity] Lit., Though... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:1-9

Ecclesiastes 5:9-20 ; Ecclesiastes 6:1-9 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The profit of the earth is for all. II. When a man begins to amass money, he begins to feed an appetite which nothing can appease, and which its proper food will only render fiercer. Therefore happy they who have never got enough to awaken the accumulating passion! III. It is another consideration which should... read more