Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:6

Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:6 - 4:6

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:6 - 4:6

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16

Better is a handful with quietness - These may be the words of the slothful man, and spoken in vindication of his idleness; as if he had said, “Every man who labors and amasses property is the object of envy, and is marked by the oppressor as a subject for spoil; better, therefore, to act as I do; gain little, and have little, and enjoy my handful with quietness.” Or the words may contain Solomon’s reflection on the subject.