Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:8
That knoweth to walk. — Understands how to conduct himself. But why this should be limited to the poor is not obvious.
That knoweth to walk. — Understands how to conduct himself. But why this should be limited to the poor is not obvious.
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 mus...
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 (bein...
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...
WHAT. what [advantage]. THE WISE. a wise one, or sage. THE FOOL. a fool. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7. THE POOR. a wretched one. Heb _'anah._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11....
_For what hath wise more than the fool?_ The question so far is easy. In this matter, the gifts of intellect make no difference. The wise, no less than the fool, is subject to the pressure of bodily n...
WHAT HATH THE POOR, &C.— _What remaineth also to the very beggar, who knoweth how to walk before the living?_ The desire of the wise man who labours, is undoubtedly to make himself more comfortable th...
3. Reasons why riches cannot satisfy Ecclesiastes 6:7-9 TEXT 6:7-9 7 All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet his appetite is not satisfied. 8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the...
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL? The "for" means (in contrast to the insatiability o...
6:8 poor, (g-13) Or 'afflicted.'...
LIFE AN ENIGMA 1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
THAT KNOWETH TO WALK BEFORE THE LIVING?] In other words, that has the skill so to conduct himself as to earn respect in the eyes of his fellows....
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...
כִּ֛י מַה ־יֹּותֵ֥ר לֶ † חָכָ֖ם מִֽן...
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...
_Life. The wise poor shall be blessed. Hebrew, "the poor knowing how to walk before the living," (Haydock) in society (Calmet) among the saints. (Haydock)_...
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 knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the...
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...
FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL,.... More delight and pleasure, in gratifying his senses, by eating and drinking: the wise man enjoys no more than the fool; the fool finds as much pleasure i...
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? Ver. 8. _For what hath the wise more than the fool?_] Nothing at all in this vanity of human nat...
_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 a man can obtain by his labours is but a provision...
OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
For what hath the wise more than the fool? He who strives after real knowledge seems to have no advantage, according to outward appearances, over one who lives only for the satisfaction of his sensual...
"FOR WHAT ADVANTAGE DOES THE WISE MAN HAVE OVER THE FOOL? WHAT ADVANTAGE DOES THE POOR MAN HAVE, KNOWING HOW TO WALK BEFORE THE LIVING?"DOES THE WISE MAN HAVE OVER THE FOOL?" -"When we object that men...
7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as...
THE FOOL, to wit, in these matters. Both are equally subject to the same calamities, and partakers of the same comforts of this life. BEFORE THE LIVING, to wit, before the poor, that doth not know thi...
Ecclesiastes 6:8 more H3148 wise H2450 fool H3684 poor H6041 knows H3045 (H8802) walk H1980 (H8800) living...
EVEN THE WISE DO NOT IN THE LAST ANALYSIS HAVE ANY ADVANTAGE OVER THE UNTHINKING. SO WE SHOULD HOLD ON TO WHAT GOD GIVES US RATHER THAN DREAMING OF MORE (ECCLESIASTES 6:8). Ecclesiastes 6:8 ‘For what...
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...
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 Timothy 6:17; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 5:11; Genesis 17:1;...
More — In these matters. Both are subject to the same calamities, and partakers of the same comforts of this life. The poor — More than the poor that doth not know this. He means such a poor man as is...