The Preacher in this chapter contemplates the case of people to whom God gives wealth, honor, success, children, and long life, yet withholds from them the capacity of enjoyment, rest, permanence or contentment Ecclesiastes 6:1. What then is good for man to do, whose lot in life is so thoroughly sub... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMON AMONG - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO BURIAL - For a corpse to lie unburied was a circumstance in itself of special ignominy and dishonor (compare the marginal references).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ... HIS - Rather, it ... its. The untimely birth is spoken of.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rather, it hath not seen nor known the sun: this (the untimely birth) hath rest rather than the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE LIVE - Rather, he hath lived. “He” refers to the man Ecclesiastes 6:3. His want of satisfaction in life, and the dishonor done to his corpse, are regarded as such great evils that they counterbalance his numerous children, and length of days, and render his lot viewed as a whole no better than th... [ Continue Reading ]
Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2 : “All labor is undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who labor are never satisfied. What advantage then has he who labors if (being rich) he is wise, or if being poor he knows how to conduct himself properly; what advantage have s... [ Continue Reading ]
Or, “That which has been named - i. e., events past or current, either Ecclesiastes 1:9 as they present themselves to man, or Ecclesiastes 3:15 as they are ordered by God - was long ago (i. e., was decreed, its nature and place were defined by the Almighty), and was known that it is man;” i. e., the... [ Continue Reading ]
THINGS - Namely, the various circumstances detailed in the foregoing chapters, from the Preacher’s personal experience, and his observation of other people, ending with the comprehensive declaration in Ecclesiastes 6:10 to the effect that vanity is an essential part of the constitution of creation a... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER HIM - i. e., On earth, in his own present sphere of action, after his departure hence (compare Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 3:22).... [ Continue Reading ]