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Ecclesiastes 6:11 Cross-References
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“Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?”
Ecclesiastes 6:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity (כִּי יֵשׁ־דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה מַרְבִּים הָבֶל)—The Hebrew structure emphasizes multiplication: 'many words multiplying vapor.' More talking, philosophizing, and human effort only compounds futility. What is man the better? (מַה־יֹּתֵר לָאָדָם)—Again the question of yōtēr, 'profit' or 'advantage.'This anticipates Jesus's warning: 'Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven' (Matt 7:21). Mere words—even religious words—profit nothing without divine grace. James 1:22 similarly warns against being 'hearers o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 6:11
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“even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.”
“as well as in many words: but you must fear God.”
“and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.”
“so the other dies. Yes”
“and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes”
“Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.”
“and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor”
“and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria”
“the tears of those who were oppressed”
“my heart yet guiding me with wisdom”