“ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: ”
Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.
Ecclesiastes 6. Further Reflections on Wealth and Fate. Parallel with the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires...
under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 . men. Hebrew. adam (with Art.). humanity. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 .
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: An evil ... common among men - or else, more literally, great upon man, falls heavily upon man. Wealth, which see...
Common among] RV 'heavy upon.'
VI. (1) Common among. — Rather, heavy upon. In this section it is remarked how even when riches remain with a man to the end of his life they may fail to bring him any real happiness.
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown th...
The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty. Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration o...
CONTENTS The Preacher openeth this Chapter with a strong proof of vanity in one man laying up for another; and the fruit of all his labours enjoyed by a stranger. He shows that the longest life spen...
A COMMON EVIL ‘There is an evil … common among men.’ Ecclesiastes 6:1 I. Throughout this sixth chapter the Preacher is speaking of the lover of riches, not simply of the rich man; not again...
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun ,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads it, another evil; but wrongly, for the same is considered as before, the evil of covetousness; which is one of...
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men: Ver. 1. There is an evil that I have seen under the sun. ] This wretched life is so pestered with evils that the Pre...
There is an evil which I have seen , &c. A most wretched, miserable disposition reigning among mankind: A man to whom God hath given riches , &c. When a man is blessed by God with all sorts...
The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A m...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 6 The vanity of riches without use, Ecclesiastes 6:1,2 . Of children and old age without competent wealth; their obscurity is worse than not to have been, Ecclesiastes 6:3...
Life Is Not Enjoyable To Even Some of the Rich ( Ecclesiastes 6:1-7 ). Ecclesiastes 6:1 ‘There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily on men. A man to whom God gives ri...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 6:1 . Common among men] In the strict meaning of the word, the reference is to the magnitude of the evil, and not to the frequency of it. That which appears to be go...
Ecclesiastes 5:9-20 ; Ecclesiastes 6:1-9 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The prof...
Ecclesiastes 6:2 . But a stranger eateth it. The richer families in Israel had often foreign servants, who rose to influence in their master's house. But greater was the affliction from invading a...
EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 6:1-21 Section 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...
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men, it weighs heavily upon a great many unfortunate people;
Ecclesiastes 5:13