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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2. It is possible to possess riches which cannot be enjoyed.
Ecclesiastes 6:1-6
TEXT 6:1-6
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent
among men
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a man to whom God has...
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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...
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6:2 stranger (d-33) Or 'an alien.'...
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LIFE AN ENIGMA
1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
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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....
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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...
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RICHES, WEALTH, AND HONOUR. — The three words are used together
regarding Solomon (2 Chronicles 1:11)....
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אִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן ־לֹ֣ו הָ
אֱלֹהִ֡ים עֹשׁ
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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
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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...
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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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 ...
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_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...
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OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
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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,...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 man H376 God H430 given H5414 (H8799) riches H6239
wealth H5233 honor H3519 lacks H2638 himsel
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:25; 1 Chronicles 29:28; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles
1:11;...
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Riches — All sorts of riches. To eat — Because God gives him up to
a base and covetous mind....