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 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