Ecclesiastes 6:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

KJV

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As it is with the blood in the natural body, so it is with the wealth of the body politic, if, instead of circulating, it stagnates, it will be of ill consequence.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יֵ֣שׁ	yesh	there	H3426 →
רָעָ֔ה	ra.'Ah	[is] an evil	H7451 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
רָאִ֖יתִי	ra.'I.ti	I have seen	H7200 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ	ha.Sha.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
וְרַבָּ֥ה	ve.ra.Bah	and [is] great	H7227 →
הִ֖יא	hi'	it	H1931 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאָדָֽם׃	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 6:1–2
  There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
- Luke 18:22–23
  On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Genesis 19:14
  So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the…
- Luke 16:22–23
  One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- James 5:1–4
  Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Ecclesiastes

Where the connections lead

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