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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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5 Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,
6 even if he lives a thousand years twice—but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one aplace? 
7 aAll the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied. 
8 For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
9 Better is1 the asight of the eyes than the wandering of2 desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 
10 Whatever one is, he has been named aalready,
For it is known that he is man;
bAnd he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he. 
11 Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ecclesiastes 6:7

man—rather, "the man," namely, the miser (Ecclesiastes 6:3-6). For not all men labor for the mouth, that is, for selfish gratification.

appetite—Hebrew, "the soul." The insatiability of the desire prevents that which is the only end proposed in toils, namely, self-gratification; "the man" thus gets no "good" out of his wealth (Ecclesiastes 6:3).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 6:7:

Ecclesiastes 1:8
Ecclesiastes 6:1
Ecclesiastes 6:9

 

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