First of all, he adduces the oppression of man by his fellow-man.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
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Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:1-3Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIt grieved Solomon to see might prevail against right. Wherever we turn, we see melancholy proofs of the wickedness and misery of mankind, who try to create trouble to themselves and to each other. Being thus hardly use…The Prevalence of OppressionEcclesiastes 4:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE PREVALENCE OF OPPRESSION. Solomon had a large soul (1 Kings 4:29) and it appeared by this, among other things, that he had a very tender concern for the miserable part of mankind and took cognizance of the afflictio…The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1-16Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1-16Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentarySection 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of man's inability to be the architect of his own happiness. There are many things which interrupt or destroy it.The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentarySo I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. This is equivalent to, "again I saw," as Ecclesiastes 4:7, with a reference to the wickedness in the place of judgment which he had noticed…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:1-3It grieved Solomon to see might prevail against right. Wherever we turn, we see melancholy proofs of the wickedness and misery of mankind, who try to create trouble to themselves and to each other. Being thus hardly use…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Prevalence of OppressionTHE PREVALENCE OF OPPRESSION. Solomon had a large soul (1 Kings 4:29) and it appeared by this, among other things, that he had a very tender concern for the miserable part of mankind and took cognizance of the afflictio…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1-16EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. This is equivalent to, "again I saw," as Ecclesiastes 4:7, with a reference to the wickedness in the place of judgment which he had noticed…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:1-16Section 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of man's inability to be the architect of his own happiness. There are many things which interrupt or destroy it.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:2In view of these patent wrongs Koheleth loses all enjoyment of life. Wherefore (and) I praised the dead which are already dead; or, who died long ago, and thus have escaped the miseries which they would have had to endu…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been. Thus we have Job's passionate appeal (Job 3:11), "Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came forth," etc.? And in the Greek poets…Joseph S. Exell and contributors