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

a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Commentaries

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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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