Ecclesiastes 6:7

1 Timothy 6:6-8; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Ecclesiastes 6:3; Genesis 3:17-19; John 6:27; Luke 12:19; Matthew 6:25; Proverbs 16:26

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2-3 : “All labor is undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who labor are never...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the (e) appetite is not filled. (e) His desire and affection.
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

labour . toil. the appetite . the soul. Hebrew. nephesh.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. All the labor of man - This is the grand primary object of all human la...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. All the labour of man (is) for his mouth - rather, 'of the man,'...
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

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that k...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All the labour of man [is] for his mouth ,.... For the food of his mouth, as the Targum; for the sustenance of his body, for food and clothing, part...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Ver. 7. All the labour of man is for his mouth. ] That is, For food...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the labour of man is for his mouth For meat and other necessary provisions of this life; and yet the appetite is not filled Although all that...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Insatiableness of Desire. 7 All the labour of man is for his mo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For his mouth; for meat to put into his mouth, that he may get food; and as bread is oft put for all food, so food is put for all necessary provisi...
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...
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

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

All the labor of man is for his mouth, his chief concern in this life being the satisfaction of his hunger and of the sensual enjoyment of food, and...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is — For meat. And yet — Men are insatiable in their desires, and restless in their endeavours after more, and never say, they have enough.

⁷ All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetitea is not filled.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 6:7

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

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

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

Ecclesiastes 6:7