
Text -- Ecclesiastes 5:13 (NET)




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Wesley -> Ecc 5:13
Wesley: Ecc 5:13 - -- Because they frequently are the occasions both of their present and eternal destruction.
Because they frequently are the occasions both of their present and eternal destruction.
JFB -> Ecc 5:13-14
JFB: Ecc 5:13-14 - -- Proofs of God's judgments even in this world (Pro 11:31). The rich oppressor's wealth provokes enemies, robbers, &c. Then, after having kept it for an...
Proofs of God's judgments even in this world (Pro 11:31). The rich oppressor's wealth provokes enemies, robbers, &c. Then, after having kept it for an expected son, he loses it beforehand by misfortune ("by evil travail"), and the son is born to be heir of poverty. Ecc 2:19, Ecc 2:23 gives another aspect of the same subject.
Clarke -> Ecc 5:13
Clarke: Ecc 5:13 - -- Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt - This may be the case through various causes
1. He may make an improper use of t...
Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt - This may be the case through various causes
1. He may make an improper use of them, and lose his health by them
2. He may join in an unfortunate partnership and lose all
3. His riches may excite the desire of the robber; and he may spoil him of his goods, and even take away his life
4. Or, he may leave them to his son, who turns profligate; spends the whole, and ruins both his body and soul. I have seen this again and again.
TSK -> Ecc 5:13
TSK: Ecc 5:13 - -- a sore : Ecc 4:8, Ecc 6:1, Ecc 6:2
riches : Ecc 8:9; Gen 13:5-11, Gen 14:16, Gen 19:14, Gen 19:26, Gen 19:31-38; Pro 1:11-13, Pro 1:19, Pro 1:32; Pro ...
a sore : Ecc 4:8, Ecc 6:1, Ecc 6:2
riches : Ecc 8:9; Gen 13:5-11, Gen 14:16, Gen 19:14, Gen 19:26, Gen 19:31-38; Pro 1:11-13, Pro 1:19, Pro 1:32; Pro 11:4, Pro 11:24, Pro 11:25; Isa 2:20, Isa 32:6-8; Zep 1:18; Luk 12:16-21; Luk 16:1-13, Luk 16:19, Luk 16:22, Luk 16:23, Luk 18:22, Luk 18:23, Luk 19:8; 1Ti 6:9, 1Ti 6:10; Jam 2:5-7, Jam 5:1-4

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Poole -> Ecc 5:13
Poole: Ecc 5:13 - -- Because they frequently are the instruments and occasions both of their present and eternal destruction, as they feed their pride or luxury, or othe...
Because they frequently are the instruments and occasions both of their present and eternal destruction, as they feed their pride or luxury, or other hurtful lusts, which waste the body, and shorten the life, and damn the soul; and as they are great temptations to tyrants or thieves, yea, sometimes to relations, or servants, or others, to take away their lives, that they may get their riches.
Haydock -> Ecc 5:13
Haydock: Ecc 5:13 - -- Affliction. Hebrew, "by an evil affair," or accident. (Calmet) ---
Who. Hebrew, "and there is nothing in his hand." (Haydock) ---
As temporal ...
Affliction. Hebrew, "by an evil affair," or accident. (Calmet) ---
Who. Hebrew, "and there is nothing in his hand." (Haydock) ---
As temporal riches prove detrimental to their owners, so do false philosophy and heresy to those who follow them. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)
Gill -> Ecc 5:13
Gill: Ecc 5:13 - -- There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun,.... Or "an evil sickness" m. A sinful disease in the person with whom it is found, and very dis...
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun,.... Or "an evil sickness" m. A sinful disease in the person with whom it is found, and very disagreeable to others to behold; it is enough to make one sick to see it; and what he is about to relate he himself was an eyewitness of:
namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt; laid up in barns and granaries, as the fruits of the earth; or in chests and coffers, as gold and silver, for the use and service of the owners of them; and which yet have been to their real injury; being either used by them in a luxurious and intemperate way, so have brought diseases on their bodies, and damnation to their souls; or not used at all for their own good, or the good of others, which brings the curse of God upon them, to their ruin and destruction, both here and hereafter: and oftentimes so it is, and which no doubt had fallen under the observation of Solomon, that some who have been great misers, and have hoarded up their substance, without using them themselves, or sharing them with others, have not only been plundered of them, but, for the sake of them, their lives have been taken away in a most barbarous manner, by cutthroats and villains; sometimes by their own servants, nay, even by their own children. Riches ill gotten and ill used are very prejudicial to the owners; and if they are well got, but ill used, or not used at all, greatly hurt the spiritual and eternal state of men; it is a difficult thing for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven, and a covetous man cannot; if a professor, the word he hears is choked and made unprofitable; he errs from the faith, and pierces himself through with many sorrows now, and is liable to eternal damnation hereafter. The Targum interprets it of a man that gathers riches, and does no good with them; but keeps them to himself, to do himself evil in the world to come.

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TSK Synopsis -> Ecc 5:1-20
TSK Synopsis: Ecc 5:1-20 - --1 Vanities in divine service;8 in murmuring against oppression;9 and in riches.18 Joy in riches is the gift of God.
Maclaren -> Ecc 5:2-13
Maclaren: Ecc 5:2-13 - --Lessons For Worship And For Work
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : ...
MHCC -> Ecc 5:9-17
MHCC: Ecc 5:9-17 - --The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor sha...
Matthew Henry -> Ecc 5:9-17
Matthew Henry: Ecc 5:9-17 - -- Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that w...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Ecc 5:13-14
Keil-Delitzsch: Ecc 5:13-14 - --
"There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, riches kept by their possessor to his hurt: the same riches perish by an evil event; and he h...
Constable: Ecc 2:18--6:10 - --B. General Observations 2:18-6:9
Thus far Solomon had reflected on the futility of all human endeavor ge...

Constable: Ecc 5:1--6:10 - --4. The perishable fruits of labor 5:1-6:9
This section emphasizes the folly of trying to find ul...
