Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Ecclesiastes 4 - Introduction
A.M. 3027. B.C. 977.
The misery of the oppressed and the oppressor, Ecclesiastes 4:1. Of being envied, which occasions sloth in others, Ecclesiastes 4:4. The folly of hoarding up wealth, Ecclesiastes 4:7; Ecclesiastes 4:8. The benefit of society, Ecclesiastes 4:9. The mutability even of the royal dignity, through the foolishness of the prince, and the fickleness of the people, Ecclesiastes 4:13.