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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecc 4:4 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. Ver. 4. That for this a man is envied of his neighbour. ] This is another piece of life’s vanity; that, as greater men will lie heavy upon you and oppress you, so meaner men will be envying at you and oppose you: as Cain did Abel, Saul’s courtiers did David; the peers of Persia, Daniel; the Scribes and Pharisees, our Saviour. Every Zopyrus... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 4:4

every: etc. Heb. all the rightness of work, that this is the envy of man from his neighbour, Genesis 4:4-Ruth :, Genesis 37:2-1 Kings :, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 18:9, 1 Samuel 18:14-Nehemiah :, 1 Samuel 18:29, 1 Samuel 18:30, Proverbs 27:4, Matthew 27:18, Acts 7:9, James 4:5, 1 John 3:12 This is: Ecclesiastes 4:16, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 2:21, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:11 Reciprocal: Genesis 26:14 - envied Genesis 30:1 - Rachel... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:4

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.Right work — All the worthy designs of virtuous men.Envied — Instead of honour, he meets with envy and obloquy. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:4

4. A man is envied Jealousy is here a more fitting term than envy, for envy relates to what is now in possession, jealousy to what is now in process of acquirement. But the remark here is of activity and skill now at work, so that jealousy is the true word. Assuming, as Koheleth does in this discussion, from Ecclesiastes 3:22, that there is no future life, he is prepared to suggest that jealousy of one another is the main cause of men’s efforts in life. The margin gives here the true... read more

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