Chapter 6

1
Eccl 5:13


2
a man Eccl 5:19; 1Kgs 3:13; 1Chr 29:25, 1Chr 29:28; 2Chr 1:11; Dan 5:18

so Eccl 2:4-10; Deut 8:7-10; Judg 18:10; Job 21:9-15; Ps 17:14, Ps 73:7; Luke 12:19-20

yet A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.

but Deut 28:33, Deut 28:43; Ps 39:6; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9

vanity Eccl 4:4, Eccl 4:8, Eccl 5:16


3
a man Gen 33:5; 1Sam 2:20-21; 2Kgs 10:1; 1Chr 28:5; 2Chr 11:21; Esth 5:11; Ps 127:4-5; Prov 17:6

so Eccl 5:17-19; Gen 47:9

and also 2Kgs 9:35; Esth 7:10, Esth 9:14-15; Isa 14:19-20; Jer 22:19, Jer 36:30

that an Eccl 4:3; Job 3:16; Ps 58:8; Matt 26:24


4
his name Ps 109:13


5
this Job 3:10-13, Job 14:1; Ps 58:8, Ps 90:7-9


6
though Gen 5:5, Gen 5:23-24; Isa 65:22

yet Eccl 6:3; Job 7:7; Ps 4:6-7, Ps 34:12; Isa 65:20; Jer 17:6

do Eccl 3:20, Eccl 12:7; Job 1:21, Job 30:23; Heb 9:27


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the labour Gen 3:17-19; Prov 16:26; Matt 6:25; John 6:27; 1Tim 6:6-8

appetite Heb. soul, Eccl 6:3, Eccl 5:10; Luke 12:19


8
what hath the wise Eccl 2:14-16, Eccl 5:11

the poor Gen 17:1; Ps 101:2, Ps 116:9; Prov 19:1; Luke 1:6; 1Tim 6:17


9
Better Eccl 2:24, Eccl 3:12-13, Eccl 5:18

wandering of the desire Heb. walking of the soul, Job 31:7; Prov 30:15-16; Jer 2:20

this Eccl 6:2, Eccl 1:2, Eccl 1:14, Eccl 2:11, Eccl 2:22-23, Eccl 4:4


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which Eccl 1:9-11, Eccl 3:15

and it Gen 3:9, Gen 3:17-19; Job 14:1-4; Ps 39:6, Ps 82:6-7, Ps 103:15

neither Job 9:3-4, Job 9:32, Job 33:13, Job 40:2; Isa 45:9-10; Jer 49:19; Rom 9:19-20


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Eccl 1:6-9, Eccl 1:17-18, Eccl 2:3-11, Eccl 3:19, Eccl 4:1-4, Eccl 4:8, Eccl 4:16, Eccl 5:7; Ps 73:6; Hos 12:1


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who knoweth Eccl 2:3, Eccl 12:13; Ps 4:6, Ps 16:5, Ps 17:15, Ps 47:4; Lam 3:24-27; Mic 6:8

the days of his vain life Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity, Eccl 8:13, Eccl 9:6; 1Chr 29:15; Job 8:9, Job 14:2; Ps 39:5-6, Ps 89:47, Ps 90:10-12; Ps 102:11, Ps 109:23, Ps 144:4; Jas 4:14

for who can Eccl 3:22, Eccl 8:7; Job 14:21


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