New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 4:4-8
4I have seen that every labor and every 1skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is 23vanity and striving after wind. 5The fool 4folds his hands and 5consumes his own flesh. 6One hand full of rest is 6better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
7Then I looked again at vanity under the sun. 8There was a certain man without a 7dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, 8his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And 9for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a 10grievous task.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Eccl 2:21 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or futility, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Eccl 1:14 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 4:5 Prov 6:10; 24:33 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 4:5 Is 9:20 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 4:6 Prov 15:16, 17; 16:8 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit second ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Prov 27:20; Eccl 1:8; 5:10 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Eccl 2:21 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Eccl 1:13 ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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