Ecclesiastes 6:1
CHAPTER VI _The vanity of riches without use_, 1, 2. _Of children and of old age without riches and enjoyment_, 3-7. _Man does not know what is good for himself_, 8-12. NOTES ON CHAP. VI... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VI _The vanity of riches without use_, 1, 2. _Of children and of old age without riches and enjoyment_, 3-7. _Man does not know what is good for himself_, 8-12. NOTES ON CHAP. VI... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:2. _A MAN TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN RICHES_] A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet enjoy nothing of them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the _vanities_ of life. It is worthy of remark, that it belongs to God as much to gi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:3. _IF A MAN BEGET A HUNDRED_ CHILDREN] If he have the most numerous family and the largest possessions, and is so much attached to his riches that he grudges himself a monument; an _abortion_ in the eye of reason is to be preferred to such a man; _himself_ is contemptible, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:7. _ALL THE LABOUR OF MAN_] This is the grand primary object of all human labour; merely to provide for the support of life by procuring things _necessary_. And life only exists for the sake of the soul; because man puts these things in place of _spiritual_ _good_, the _appetite... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:8. _FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL?_] They must both labour for the same end. Both depend upon the labour of themselves or others for the necessaries of life. Both must eat and drink in order to live; and the rich man can no more eat two meals at a time, than he can c... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:9. _BETTER_ IS _THE SIGHT OF THE EYES THAN THE WANDERING OF_ _THE DESIRE_] This is translated by the _Vulgate_, as a sort of adage: Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias, "It is better to see what one desires than to covet what one knows not." It is better... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:10. _THAT WHICH HATH BEEN IS NAMED ALREADY_] The _Hebrew_ of this verse might be translated, "Who is he who is? His name has been already called. And it is known that he is Adam; and that he cannot contend in judgment with him who is stronger than he." "What is more excellent t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ecclesiastes 6:12. _FOR WHO KNOWETH WHAT_ IS _GOOD FOR MAN IN_ THIS _LIFE_] Those things which we deem _good_ are often _evil_. And those which we think _evil_ are often _good_. So ignorant are we, that we run the greatest hazard in making a _choice_. It is better to leave ourselves and our co... [ Continue Reading ]