传道书 6:7-9 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7-10

The preacher here further shows the vanity and folly of heaping up worldly wealth and expecting happiness in it. I. How much soever we toil about the world, and get out of it, we can have for ourselves no more than a maintenance (Eccl. 6:7): All the labour of man is for his mouth, which craves it of him (Prov. 16:26); it is but food and raiment; what is more others have, not we; it is all for the mouth. Meats are but for the belly and the belly for meats; there is nothing for the head and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man is for his mouth ,.... For the food of his mouth, as the Targum; for the sustenance of his body, for food and clothing, part being put for the whole: all that a man labours for is to get this; and if he does not enjoy it, his labour is in vain; meats are for the belly, which are taken in by the mouth, and for these a man labours; and if he does not eat them, when he has got them, he labours to no purpose; and yet the appetite is not filled ; even the bodily or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool ,.... More delight and pleasure, in gratifying his senses, by eating and drinking: the wise man enjoys no more than the fool; the fool finds as much pleasure in the labour of his hands, which is for his mouth, as the wise man does; and the wise man can get no more satisfaction to his mind, from these outward gratifications, than the fool; what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living ? either, what does the poor man want more than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire ,.... By "the sight of the eyes" is not meant the bare beholding outward riches, as in Ecclesiastes 5:11 ; but the enjoyment of present mercies; such things as a man is in the possession of, and with which he should be content, Hebrews 13:5 ; and by "the wandering of the desire", the craving appetite and insatiable lust of the covetous mind, which enlarges its desire as hell, after a thousand things, and everything it can... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man - This is the grand primary object of all human labor; merely to provide for the support of life by procuring things necessary. And life only exists for the sake of the soul; because man puts these things in place of spiritual good, the appetite - the intense desire after the supreme good - is not satisfied. When man learns to provide as distinctly for his soul as he does for his body, then he will begin to be happy, and may soon attain his end. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool? - They must both labor for the same end. Both depend upon the labor of themselves or others for the necessaries of life. Both must eat and drink in order to live; and the rich man can no more eat two meals at a time, than he can comfortably wear two changes of raiment. The necessaries of life are the same to both, and their condition in life is nearly similar; liable to the same diseases, dissolution, and death. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire - This is translated by the Vulgate, as a sort of adage: Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias, "It is better to see what one desires than to covet what one knows not." It is better to enjoy the present than to feed one's self with vain desires of the future. What we translate the wandering of desire, נפש מהלך mehaloch nephesh , is the travelling of the soul. What is this? Does it simply mean desire?... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth ; i . e . for self-preservation and enjoyment, eating and drinking being taken as a type of the proper use of earthly blessings (comp; Ecclesiastes 2:24 ; Ecclesiastes 3:13 , etc.; Psalms 128:2 ). The sentiment is general, and does not refer specially to the particular person described above, though it carries on the idea of the unsatisfactory result of wealth. Luther translates strangely and erroneously, "To every man is work allotted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

Section 10. Desire is insatiable ; men are always striving after enjoyment, but they never gain their wish completely—which fortifies the old conclusion that man's happiness is not in his own power. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more fire than the fool? i . e . What advantage hath the wise man over the fool? This verse confirms the previous one by an interrogative argument. The same labor for support, the same unsatisfied desires, belong to all, wise or foolish; in this respect intellectual gifts have no superiority. (For a similar interrogation implying an emphatic denial, see Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 :30) What hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? The Septuagint gives... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:8

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