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Ecclesiastes 5:13
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 9:13 - General Ecclesiastes 10:5 - an evil
Gill's Notes on the Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads it, another evil; but wrongly, for the same is considered as before, the evil of covetousness; which is one of the evil things that come out of the heart of man; is abominable to the Lord, contrary to his nature and will, and a breach of his law, which forbids it, and is the root of all evil; this is an evil under the sun, for there is nothing of this kind above it; and it fell under the observation of Solomon in various instances;
and it [is] common among men; or, "great over men" u; or "over the man", the covetous man: it spreads itself over them; few were free from it, even so long ago, in those early times, and in such times in which silver was made no account of, and was like stones in Jerusalem, as common as they; and yet the sin of covetousness, of hoarding up money and making no use of it, for a man's own good, and the good of others, was very rife among men, 1 Kings 10:27.
u ורבה היא על האדם "et multum ipsum super hominem", Montanus; "et magaum est illud super hominem istum", Rambachius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VI
The vanity of riches without use, 1, 2.
Of children and of old age without riches and enjoyment, 3-7.
Man does not know what is good for himself, 8-12.
NOTES ON CHAP. VI