Ecclésiaste 5:13-15 BDS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:9-17

Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that will agree with him, and speak as slightly as he does of these things; but money, he thinks, is a substantial thing, and if he can but have enough of that he is happy. This is the mistake which Solomon attacks, and attempts to rectify, in these verses; he shows that there is as much vanity in great riches, and the lust of the eye about them, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun ,.... Or "an evil sickness" F13 רעה חולה "morbus malus", Tigurine version, Vatablus. . A sinful disease in the person with whom it is found, and very disagreeable to others to behold; it is enough to make one sick to see it; and what he is about to relate he himself was an eyewitness of: namely , riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt ; laid up in barns and granaries, as the fruits of the earth; or in chests and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail ,.... Or, "by an evil business or affair" F14 בענין רע "occupatione, negotio, vel casu malo", Gejerus. . That is, such riches as are not well got, or are not used as they should be, these waste away and come to nothing; either by the owner's bad management, and misconduct in trade and business; or by fire, tempest, thieves, and robbers, and many other ways and means: these are very certain things; and there are various ways by which they make... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came ,.... This may be understood either of the covetous rich man, or of his son; and that supposing what is before said should not be the case of either of them, but they should possess their substance as long as they live; yet, when they come to die, they will be stripped of them all; of their gold and silver, their plate and jewels, and rich household furniture; of their cattle and possessions, farms and estates,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:13

Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt - This may be the case through various causes: He may make an improper use of them, and lose his health by them. He may join in an unfortunate partnership and lose all. His riches may excite the desire of the robber; and he may spoil him of his goods, and even take away his life. 4. Or, he may leave them to his son, who turns profligate; spends the whole, and ruins both his body and soul. I have seen this again and again. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:14

And he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand - He has been stripped of his property by unfortunate trade or by plunderers; and he has nothing to leave to his children. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came forth - However it may be, he himself shall carry nothing with him into the eternal world. If he die worth millions, those millions are dead to him for ever; so he has had no real profit from all his labors, cares, anxieties, and vast property! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:8-17

Section 7. Perils to which one is exposed in a despotic state, and the unprofitableness of riches. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:10-17

The thought of the acts of injustice and oppression noticed above, all of which spring from the craving for money, leads the bard to dwell upon the evils that accompany this pursuit and possession of wealth, which is thus seen to give no real satisfaction. Avarice has already been noticed ( Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 ); the covetous man now reprobated is one who desires wealth only for the enjoyment he can get from it, or the display which it enables him to make, not, like the miser, who gloats... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is also a sore evil which I have seen under the sun (so Ecclesiastes 5:16 ). The fact that follows is, of course, not universally true, but occasionally seen, and is a very bitter evil. The Septuagint calls it ἀῤῥωστία ; the Vulgate, infirmitas . Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt ; rather, preserved by the possessor , hoarded and guarded, only to bring their lord added grief when by some reverse of fortune he loses them, as explained in what follows. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:9-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:13

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