Ecclesiastes 4:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 4

⁸There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Topics

Anxiety Avarice Care Covetousness Cupidity Greed Heart Lust

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-12)

Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I. That selfishness is the cause of this evil (Eccl. 4:7, 8): There is one alone, that minds none but himself, cares for nobody, but would, if he could, be plac…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. not a second--no partner. child--“son or brother,” put for any heir (De 25:5-10). eye--(Ec 1:8). The miser would not be able to give an account of his infatuation.