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Ecclesiastes 6:1-12
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Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:1-6Ecclesiastes 6:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryA man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to…The Miseries of CovetousnessEcclesiastes 6:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE MISERIES OF COVETOUSNESS. Solomon had shown, in the close of the foregoing chapter, how good it is to make a comfortable use of the gifts of God's providence; now here he shows the evil of the contrary, having and n…The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:1-6Ecclesiastes 6:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentarySection 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of wealth are alike the free gift of God. We may see men possessed of all the gi…The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:1Ecclesiastes 6:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun. The writer presents his personal experience, that which has fallen under his own observation (comp. Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 10:5). And it is common among men. Ra…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:1-6A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Miseries of CovetousnessTHE MISERIES OF COVETOUSNESS. Solomon had shown, in the close of the foregoing chapter, how good it is to make a comfortable use of the gifts of God's providence; now here he shows the evil of the contrary, having and n…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:1-6Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of wealth are alike the free gift of God. We may see men possessed of all the gi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun. The writer presents his personal experience, that which has fallen under his own observation (comp. Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 10:5). And it is common among men. Ra…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor. This is the evil to which reference is made. Two of the words hero given, "riches" and "honor," are those used by God in blessing Solomon in the vision at Gibeon (…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man beget an hundred children. Another case is supposed, differing from,the preceding one, where the rich man dies childless. Septuagint, ἐὰν γεννήσῃ ἀνὴρ, ἑκατόν. "Sons,' or "children," must be supplied. T…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:4For he cometh in with vanity; rather, for it came into nothingness. The reference is to the fetus, or still-born child, not to the rich man, as is implied by the Authorized Version. This, when it appeared, had no indepe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:5It has seen nothing of the world, known nothing of life, its joys and its sufferings, and is speedily forgotten. To" see the sun" is a metaphor for to "live," as Ecclesiastes 7:11; Ecclesiastes 11:7; Job 3:16, and impli…Joseph S. Exell and contributors