Ecclesiastes 6:1

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.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.
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 t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 . men. Hebrew. adam (with Art.). humanity. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 u...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Common among] RV 'heavy upon.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Life an Enigma 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness.
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 8:1-1...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: (2) A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A COMMON EVIL ‘There is an evil … common among men.’ Ecclesiastes 6:1 I. Throughout this sixth chapter the Preacher is speaking of the love...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 wr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 , &...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen un...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 6 The vanity of riches without use, Ecclesiastes 6:1,2 . Of children and old age without competent wealth; their obscurity...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 t...
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 am...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superint...
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 hou...
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. tha...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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;
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Riches.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 5:13

¹ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 6:1