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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 4:1

I returned: Job 6:29, Malachi 3:18 and considered: Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 7:7, Exodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 1:16, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 2:24, Exodus 5:16-Psalms :, Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:48, Judges 4:3, Judges 10:7, Judges 10:8, Nehemiah 5:1-Deuteronomy :, Job 24:7-2 Kings :, Psalms 10:9, Psalms 10:10, Proverbs 28:3, Proverbs 28:15, Proverbs 28:16, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 51:23, Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:13-Ezra :, Malachi 3:5 the tears: Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.I returned — I considered again.Oppressions — Whether by princes, magistrates, or other potent persons.No comforter — None afforded them pity or succour.But they, … — No comfort therein. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:1

1. The writer now looks upon the suffering which arises from “man’s inhumanity to man.” The royal writer, if such he be, does not confine his survey of the oppressions practiced by men to his own kingdom alone. He surveys all the oppressions under the sun, whether in his own kingdom, in neighboring nations, or in universal history. He states not merely what he saw but what he considered. I returned, and considered, is equivalent to, again I saw, implying merely a new line or object of... read more

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