Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

In Context

2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:1

In this chapter, I. The royal preacher goes on further to show the vanity of worldly wealth, when men place their happiness in it and are eager and inordinate in laying it up. Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, and good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing. 1. He takes an account of the possessions and enjoyments which such a man may have. He has wealth ( ver. 2 ), he has children to inherit it ( ver. 3 ), and lives long, ver. 3 , 6… Read the whole commentary →

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