Ecclesiastes 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. ”

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation. Ecclesiastes 4:8 A second - Any one associated or connected with him. Ecclesia...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4. A Gloomy Survey. The chapter falls into four parts, which treat respectively of oppression ( Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 ), rivalry ( Ecclesiastes 4:4-6 ), isolation amounting to self-tortur...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

child . son. labour . toil. my soul . myself. travail . fatigue from toil. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23 ; Ecclesiastes 2:26 .
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is one alone , and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he , For w...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There is one alone, and there is not a second— Here is a man who hath no second, neither son nor brother; yet he puts no end to his labour: neither, &c.
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Vicissitudes of Life. 'Oh, the pity of it!' 1-3. The mass of human suffering and the absence of pity are such that better off are the dead and still more the unborn. It is not only through God's...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utter...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this general survey the preacher returned to examine the condition of the beings whom he had described as being no better than the beasts. He looked out upon them, and saw them in suffering, and...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. (8) There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye s...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second ,.... According to Aben Ezra, either no friend or companion, or no servant, or no wife, which last sense he prefers; no friend or companion he choos...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For w...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is one alone Who has none but himself to care for. Yea, he hath neither child nor brother To whom he may leave his vast estate; yet is there no end of his labours He lives in perpetual re...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

One alone; either, 1. Who lives by himself, as grudging that any ether should partake of his provisions. Or rather, 2. Who hath none but himself to care and labour for, as the next words explai...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 4 The Dreadfulness of Oppression. Guidance on Living. This chapter begins with considering the dreadfulness of oppression and then continues with thoughts on living, giving both good and b...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 4:10 . If they fall.] Not both together, but if one or the other falls. Ecclesiastes 4:12 . A threefold cord.] Two cords would only suggest plurality, but three...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1-5 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:2 . Wherefore I praised the dead more than the living, who are robbed, fleeced, and exposed to incessant afflictions, from oppression and war. Solomon alludes to extreme cases, such...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. An old portrait of modern men Here is a portrait, drawn by a man who lived thousands of ye...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 4:1-21 Section 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of man ' s inability to be the architect of his own happiness . There are many things which inte...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Evils of Social and Civil Life
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:16 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 1:8 ; Ecclesiastes 2:23 ; Ecclesiastes 5:10 ; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ; Genesis 15:2 ; Genesis 15:3 ; Genesis 2:18 ; Habakkuk 2:5-9 ; Isaiah 44:1...
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Alone — Who has none but himself to care for. Brother — To whom he may leave his vast estate. Yet — He lives in perpetual restlessness and toil. For whom — Having no kindred to enjoy it. And bereav...

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes