Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he cometh in with vanity, &c.— For it is in vain he came, and he shall depart in darkness.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He ... his - Rather, it ... its. The untimely birth is spoken of.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (d) he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. (d) Meaning, the untimely fruit whose life ne...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he cometh: i.e. in the untimely birth of Ecclesiastes 6:3 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. For he - rather, it, the "untimely birt...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Life an Enigma 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He] RV 'it,' i.e. the untimely birth: so in Ecclesiastes 6:5 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He. — Rather, it — viz., the untimely birth.
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

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he cometh in with vanity ,.... The Targum adds, "into this world." Some understand this of the abortive, and render it, "though he cometh in wit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. Ver. 4. For he cometh in with vanity, &c...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If a man beget a hundred children Very many, to whom he intends to leave his estate; and live many years Which is the chief thing that he desires...
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

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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

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

If a man live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, I say that an untimely birth is better than h...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Riches.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For he cometh in with vanity, naked, poor, into an empty existence, and departeth in darkness, into a future which holds no hope for him, and his...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁴ For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 6:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 6:4