Pengkhotbah 6:2

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

orang yang dikaruniai Allah kekayaan, harta benda dan kemuliaan, sehingga ia tak kekurangan suatupun yang diingininya, tetapi orang itu tidak dikaruniai kuasa oleh Allah untuk menikmatinya, melainkan orang lain yang menikmatinya! Inilah kesia-siaan dan penderitaan yang pahit.

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orang yang dikaruniai Allah kekayaan, harta benda dan kemuliaan, sehingga ia tak kekurangan suatupun yang diingininya, tetapi orang itu tidak dikaruniai kuasa oleh Allah untuk menikmatinya, melainkan orang lain yang menikmatinya! Inilah kesia-siaan dan penderitaan yang pahit.

Contextual Overview

¹ There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men: ² when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague. ³ If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he. ⁴ For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten. ⁵ Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other. ⁶ Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a man: Ecclesiastes 5:19, 1 Kings 3:13, 1 Chronicles 29:25, 1 Chronicles 29:28, 2 Chronicles 1:11, Daniel 5:18

so: Ecclesiastes 2:4-10, Deuteronomy 8:7-10, Judges 18:10, Job 21:9-15, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 73:7, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20

yet: A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.

but: Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:43, Psalms 39:6, Lamentations 5:2, Hosea 7:9

vanity: Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 5:16

Reciprocal: Job 21:25 - never Ecclesiastes 2:24 - that it Ecclesiastes 3:13 - General Ecclesiastes 5:13 - a sore Ecclesiastes 6:9 - this Zechariah 9:6 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.

Genesis 4:26
And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde.

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

Genesis 6:2
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.

Genesis 6:3
And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres.

Genesis 6:4
But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.

Genesis 6:6
And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth, & he was touched with sorowe in his heart.

Genesis 6:7
And the Lorde sayde: I wyll from the vpper face of the earth, destroy man whom I haue created, from man vnto cattell, vnto worme, and vnto foules of the ayre: For it repenteth me that I haue made them.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah founde grace in the eyes of the Lorde.

Genesis 6:12
And God loked vpon the earth, and beholde it was corrupt: for all fleshe had corrupt his way vpon earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour,.... By "riches" may be meant gold and silver, things which a covetous man is never satisfied with; and by "wealth", cattle, with which farms and fields are stocked: the wealth of men, especially in former times, and in the eastern countries, lay very much in these, as did the wealth of Abraham and Job, Genesis 13:2; and all these, as they are reckoned glorious and honourable in themselves; so they create honour and glory among men, and raise to high and honourable places; and these, as they go, they are usually put together, and are called by the name of honour and glory itself; see Proverbs 3:16. And they are all the gifts of God, which he either as blessings bestows upon men, or suffers men to attain unto, though a curse may go along with them; which is the case here, for no man whatever is possessed of them but by the will of God or his divine permission; see 1 Chronicles 29:12; and which a man may, and sometimes has, such a plentiful portion of;

so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth: he has not only for the supply of his wants, what is necessary for his daily use and service, but even what is for delight and pleasure; yea, as much as he could reasonably wish for; nay, more than heart could wish,

Psalms 73:7;

yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof; the Targum adds, "because of his sin"; either he takes it away from him, he making no use of it; or his appetite is taken away, that he has no desire to it; or rather he has no heart to enjoy what he has, and scarce any part of it; not to eat and drink, and wear suitably to his circumstances, but grudges whatever he lays out on his back or belly, or in housekeeping in his family; for though God gives him a large substance, yet not a heart to make use of it, without which he cannot enjoy it; and therefore it would have been as good, or better for him, to have been without it; see Ecclesiastes 5:19;

but a stranger eateth it; the Syriac version adds, "after him"; enjoys it, not only a part of it, but the whole; one that is not akin to him, and perhaps was never known by him; and yet, by one means or another, either in a lawful or unlawful way, comes into the possession of all he has; this has been always reckoned a great unhappiness, Lamentations 5:2. Hence it follows,

this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease; it is a vain thing to be possessed of great substance, and not enjoy anything of it in a comfortable way, through the sin of covetousness; which is a spiritual disease, and a very bad one; very prejudicial to the soul, and the state of it, and is rarely cured. Juvenal w calls it frenzy and madness for a man to live poor, that be may die rich; he is like the ass that Crassus Agelastus saw, loaded with figs, and eating thorns.

w "Cum furor dubius", &c. Satyr. 14. v. 136. exposed by Persius, Sat. 6. v. 69, &c. "unge puer caules", &c.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 6:2. A man to whom God hath given riches — A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet enjoy nothing of them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life. It is worthy of remark, that it belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy as it does to give the earthly blessings. A wise heathen saw this: -

Di tibi divitias dederant, artemque fruendi.

HOR. Ep. lib. i., ep. 4, ver. 7.

"The gods had given thee riches, and the art

to enjoy them."