George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ecclesiastes 6:2
Thereof. " Di tibi divitias dederunt artemque fruendi. " (Horace, i. Ep. 4.) --- The proper use of riches is rare. (Calmet) --- Misery. Riches do not make people happy. (Worthington)
Thereof. " Di tibi divitias dederunt artemque fruendi. " (Horace, i. Ep. 4.) --- The proper use of riches is rare. (Calmet) --- Misery. Riches do not make people happy. (Worthington)
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 th...
CHAPTER 6 DISHEARTENING CONTRADICTIONS _ 1. Riches--Inability to enjoy them (Ecclesiastes 6:1)_ 2. Having All--Yet no fill of the soul (Ecclesiastes 6:3) 3. The sad ending wail (Eccle
ECCLESIASTES 6. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND FATE. Parallel with the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires ar...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God, or the Deity. App-4. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13. WEALTH. See note on Ecclesiastes 5:19. HIS SOUL. himself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ VANITY. See note...
A MAN TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN, &C.— From the 18th verse of the foregoing chapter to the present, we have the 2nd proof of the 2nd proposition, which is taken from the insufficiency of riches to give a...
2. It is possible to possess riches which cannot be enjoyed. Ecclesiastes 6:1-6 TEXT 6:1-6 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men 2 a man to whom God has...
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this i...
6:2 stranger (d-33) Or 'an alien.'...
LIFE AN ENIGMA 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
A STRANGER] because he has no child to whom to leave it. The Easterns have a dread of being without a child, to keep the parents' name in remembrance: cp. Genesis 15:2....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 6 A PERSON’S LIFE THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY – ECCLESIASTES 6:1-6...
RICHES, WEALTH, AND HONOUR. — The three words are used together regarding Solomon (2 Chronicles 1:11)....
אִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן ־לֹ֣ו הָ אֱלֹהִ֡ים עֹשׁ
THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty. Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of...
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet (a) God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this...
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 wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desire...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
A MAN TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN RICHES, WEALTH, AND HONOUR,.... By "riches" may be meant gold and silver, things which a covetous man is never satisfied with; and by "wealth", cattle, with which farms an...
_A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this ...
_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_, &c. When a man is blessed by God with all sorts of riche...
a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, even to the point of luxury, all the highest gifts known to man here on earth, SO THAT HE WANTETH NOTHING FOR HIS SOUL OF ALL THAT HE DESIRETH,...
OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
"A MAN TO WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN RICHES AND WEALTH AND HONOR SO THAT HIS SOUL LACKS NOTHING OF ALL THAT HE DESIRES, BUT GOD HAS NOT EMPOWERED HIM TO EAT FROM THEM, FOR. FOREIGNER ENJOYS THEM. THIS IS VANI...
1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other...
WEALTH; all sorts of riches, as gold and silver, cattle and lands, &c. OF ALL THAT HE DESIRETH; which he doth or can reasonably desire. GIVETH HIM NOT POWER TO EAT; either because they are suddenly ta...
Ecclesiastes 6:2 man H376 God H430 given H5414 (H8799) riches H6239 wealth H5233 honor H3519 lacks H2638 himsel
LIFE IS NOT ENJOYABLE TO EVEN SOME OF THE RICH (ECCLESIASTES 6:1). Ecclesiastes 6:1 ‘There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily on men. A man to whom God gives riches, weal...
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 superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; ECCLESIASTES 6:1 I. In all grades of society human subsistence is very much the same. Even princes are not fed with ambrosia, nor do poets subsist on asphodel. The profit of the ea...
CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly wealth as pertaining only to the body. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Man deprives himself of the good he might have had of his worldly possessions by not cons...
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 house. But greater was the affliction from invading armi...
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 to the frequency of it. That which appears to be good is...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 6:1 Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of wealth are alike the free gif...
Now there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it's common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires (E...
1 Chronicles 29:25; 1 Chronicles 29:28; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles 1:11;...
Riches — All sorts of riches. To eat — Because God gives him up to a base and covetous mind....