Ecclesiastes 5:14

1 Kings 14:26; 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Samuel 2:6-8; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Haggai 1:9; Haggai 2:16; Haggai 2:17; Job 20:15-29; Job 27:16; Job 27:17; Job 5:5; Matthew 6:19; Matthew 6:20; Proverbs 23:5; Psalms 109:9-12; Psalms 39:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Evil travail - Adverse accident, or unsuccessful employment (compare Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 ).
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But those riches perish by evil labour: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his (l) hand. (l) He does not enjoy his father's riches.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Concerning Despotism and Wealth. Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees ( in an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondere...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

travail . fatigue from toil. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23 , and Ecclesiastes 4:4 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. And he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But those riches perish— For those very riches perish, notwithstanding the constant trouble taken to preserve them; a man begot a son, and not any...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. A sore evil ... Proofs of God...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Disheartening Outlook on Life 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

There is nothing in his hand ] Through a reverse of fortune the wealth, which should have descended to the son, has disappeared. The case is thus...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Evil travail. — Unsuccessful business. Nothing in his hand. — The same words occur in a literal sense in Judges 14:6 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Practical Maxims deduced from this View of the Business life. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. Fo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good i...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

And to take from Life its Quiet and Innocent Enjoyments . Ecclesiastes 5:10-17 (e) Now surely a life so thick with perils, so beset with temptat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is high...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But those riches perish by evil travail ,.... Or, "by an evil business or affair" n. That is, such riches as are not well got, or are not used as th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand. Ver. 14. But those riches perish by evil trav...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is a sore evil , &c. “There is another thing, which is very calamitous, and may rather be called a grievous plague than a mere affliction;...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all:...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abstaining from Vices and Fostering Virtues
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But those riches perish by evil travail, they are lost by the various misfortunes attending wealth; and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Perish — By some wicked practices, either his own, or of other men. Nothing — In the son's possession after his father's death.

¹⁴ But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 5:14

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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