Ecclesiastes 5:13
Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.
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...
under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:3 . men. Hebrew. adam (with Art.). humanity. App-14. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13 .
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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...
Common among] RV 'heavy upon.'
Life an Enigma 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness.
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...
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...
The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty. Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than with poor...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 , &...
The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen un...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 6 The vanity of riches without use, Ecclesiastes 6:1,2 . Of children and old age without competent wealth; their obscurity...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;
Of the Vanity of Earthly Riches.
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: