Ecclesiastes 6:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. ”

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2-3 : “All labor is undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who labor are never satisfied. What advantage then has he who labors i...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Better [is] the (g) sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. (g) To be content with that which God has given is better than to follow the des...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Better. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24 . the sight of . what is seen by. the wandering of . what is pursued by. the desire . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. No Art. vexation of spirit. Se...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire - This is translated...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes— The third and last proof, contained in this and the two preceding verses, is taken from the insatiableness of mens' wishes, whereby they are made miserable even whe...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Better is the sight of the eyes ... Answer to Ecclesiastes 6:8 , "What hath the...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Life an Enigma 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is th...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire ,.... By "the sight of the eyes" is not meant the bare beholding outward riches, as in Ecclesiastes 5:11 ; but the enjoyment of pr...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. Ver. 9. Better is the sight of the eyes, &c., ] i.e., As some sense it, Be...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Better is the sight of the eyes That is, The comfortable enjoyment of what a man hath, seeing being often put for enjoying; than the wandering of the desire Than restless and insatiable desires...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Insatiableness of Desire. 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For w...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sight of the eyes, i.e. the comfortable enjoyment of what a man hath; for seeing is oft put for enjoying, as Psalms 34:12 Ecclesiastes 2:1 , Ecclesiastes 3:13 , &c. The wandering of...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Even The Wise Do Not In The Last Analysis Have Any Advantage Over The Unthinking. So We Should Hold On To What God Gives Us Rather Than Dreaming Of More ( Ecclesiastes 6:8-9 ). Ecclesiastes 6:8-9...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Riches.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:24 ; Ecclesiastes 3:12 ; Ecclesiastes 3:13 ; Ecclesiastes 5:18 ; Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 2:11 ; Ecclesiastes 2:22 ; Ecclesiastes 2:23 ; Ecclesiast...
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The fight — The comfortable enjoyment of what a man hath. Than — Restless desires of what a man hath not. This — Wandering of the desire.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes