New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 6:1-6
1There is an 1evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent 2among men-- 2a man to whom God has 3given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul 4lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner 5enjoys them. This is 6vanity and a severe affliction. 3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many 7they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper 8burial, then I say, “Better 9the miscarriage than he, 4for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. 5It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; 10it is better off than he. 6Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not 11enjoy good things--12do not all go to one place?”
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 6:1 Eccl 5:13 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 6:1 Lit upon ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 6:2 1 Kin 3:13 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ps 17:14; 73:7; Eccl 2:10 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats from them ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Or futility ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Lit the days of his years ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Is 14:20; Jer 8:2; 22:19 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Job 3:16; Eccl 4:3 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 6:5 Lit more rest has this one than that ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Lit see ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Eccl 2:14 ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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