Ecclesiastes 4:1

IV.

(1) Having dwelt on the instability of human happiness, the Preacher now turns to contemplate the actual misery of which the world is full.

Oppressions. — Job 35:9; Amos 3:9.

No comforter. — If Solomon were the writer, one asks, What was the king about? Could he do nothing but express helpless despair?

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¹ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the sidea of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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