Ecclesiastes 4:8 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation (Ecclesiastes 4:8).

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John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second
According to Aben Ezra, either no friend or companion, or no serva…

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