Albert Barnes Commentary Ecclesiastes 5:11
Albert Barnes Commentary
Ecclesiastes 5:11
1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes Commentary
Ecclesiastes 5:11
1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE
"When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?" — Ecclesiastes 5:11 (ASV)
They ... that eat them - that is, the laborers employed, and the household servants.