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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 4:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 4:8 |
Strong Concordance |
There is [03426] one [0259] alone, and there is not a second [08145]; yea, he hath neither child [01121] nor brother [0251]: yet is there no end [07093] of all his labour [05999]; neither is his eye [05869] satisfied [07646] with riches [06239]; neither saith he, For whom do I labour [06001], and bereave [02637] my soul [05315] of good [02896]? This is also vanity [01892], yea, it is a sore [07451] travail [06045]. |
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King James |
There 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
not a second--no partner.
child--"son or brother," put for any heir (Deu 25:5-10).
eye-- (Ecc 1:8). The miser would not be able to give an account of his infatuation. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Alone - Who has none but himself to care for. Brother - To whom he may leave his vast estate. Yet - He lives in perpetual restlessness and toil. For whom - Having no kindred to enjoy it. And bereave - Deny myself those comforts and conveniences which God hath allowed me? A sore travel - A dreadful judgment, as well as a great sin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| There is one alone, and there is not a second - Here covetousness and avarice are characterized. The man who is the center of his own existence; has neither wife, child, nor legal heir; and yet is as intent on getting money as if he had the largest family to provide for; nor does he only labor with intense application, but he even refuses himself the comforts of life out of his own gains! This is not only vanity, the excess of foolishness, but it is also sore travail. |
8 All things [01697] are full of labour [03023]; man [0376] cannot [03201] utter [01696] it: the eye [05869] is not satisfied [07646] with seeing [07200], nor the ear [0241] filled [04390] with hearing [08085].
5 If brethren [0251] dwell [03427] together [03162], and one [0259] of them die [04191], and have no child [01121], the wife [0802] of the dead [04191] shall not marry without [02351] unto a stranger [0376] [02114]: her husband's brother [02993] shall go in [0935] unto her, and take [03947] her to him to wife [0802], and perform the duty of an husband's brother [02992] unto her.
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn [01060] which she beareth [03205] shall succeed [06965] in the name [08034] of his brother [0251] which is dead [04191], that his name [08034] be not put out [04229] of Israel [03478].
7 And if the man [0376] like [02654] not to take [03947] his brother's wife [02994], then let his brother's wife [02994] go up [05927] to the gate [08179] unto the elders [02205], and say [0559], My husband's brother [02993] refuseth [03985] to raise up [06965] unto his brother [0251] a name [08034] in Israel [03478], he will [014] not perform the duty of my husband's brother [02992].
8 Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall call [07121] him, and speak [01696] unto him: and if he stand [05975] to it, and say [0559], I like [02654] not to take [03947] her;
9 Then shall his brother's wife [02994] come [05066] unto him in the presence [05869] of the elders [02205], and loose [02502] his shoe [05275] from off his foot [07272], and spit [03417] in his face [06440], and shall answer [06030] and say [0559], So shall it be done [06213] unto that man [0376] that will not build up [01129] his brother's [0251] house [01004].
10 And his name [08034] shall be called [07121] in Israel [03478], The house [01004] of him that hath his shoe [05275] loosed [02502].