Ecc 1:8, 4:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. MAURER translates, "All words are wearied out," that is, are inadequate, as also, "man cannot express" all the things in the world which undergo this ceaseless, changeless cycle of vicissitudes: "The eye is not satisfied with seeing them," &c. But it is plainly a return to the idea ( ) as to man's "labor," which is only wearisome and profitless; "no new" good can accrue from it ( ); for as the sun, &c., so man's laborious works move in a changeless cycle. The eye and ear are two of the taskmasters for which man toils. But these are never "satisfied" ( ). Nor can they be so hereafter, for there will be nothing "new." Not so the chief good, Jesus Christ ( ).

Ecclesiastes 1:8

8. MAURER translates, "All words are wearied out," that is, are inadequate, as also, "man cannot express" all the things in the world which undergo this ceaseless, changeless cycle of vicissitudes: "The eye is not satisfied with seeing them," &c. But it is plainly a return to the idea (Ec 1:3) as to man's "labor," which is only wearisome and profitless; "no new" good can accrue from it (Ec 1:9); for as the sun, &c., so man's laborious works move in a changeless cycle. The eye and ear are two of the taskmasters for which man toils. But these are never "satisfied" (Ec 6:7; Pr 27:20). Nor can they be so hereafter, for there will be nothing "new." Not so the chief good, Jesus Christ (Joh 4:13, 14; Re 21:5).

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8. not a second—no partner.

child—"son or brother," put for any heir (De 25:5-10).

eye— (Ec 1:8). The miser would not be able to give an account of his infatuation.