Albert Barnes Commentary Ecclesiastes 6
Albert Barnes Commentary
Ecclesiastes 6
Albert Barnes Commentary
Ecclesiastes 6
"There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:" — Ecclesiastes 6:1 (ASV)
Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.
"If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:" — Ecclesiastes 6:3 (ASV)
No burial - For a corpse to lie unburied was a circumstance in itself of special ignominy and dishonor (compare the marginal references).
"for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;" — Ecclesiastes 6:4 (ASV)
He ... his - Rather, it ... its. The untimely birth is spoken of.
"moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:" — Ecclesiastes 6:5 (ASV)
Rather, it has not seen nor known the sun: this (the untimely birth) has rest rather than the other.
"yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?" — Ecclesiastes 6:6 (ASV)
He live - Rather, he has lived. “He” refers to the man (Ecclesiastes 6:3). His want of satisfaction in life, and the dishonor done to his corpse, are regarded as such great evils that they counterbalance his numerous children, and length of days, and render his lot viewed as a whole no better than the common lot of all.
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