Ecclesiastes 4:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

One

Ecclesiastes 4:9

Genesis 2:18

Isaiah 56:3

He hath

Genesis 15:2

No

Isaiah 5:8

Is his

1 John 2:16

It is

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Bible References

One

Two [are] better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.

Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."

And do not let the {foreigner} [who] joins himself to Yahweh say, "Surely Yahweh will separate me from his people." And do not let the eunuch say, "Look! I [am] a dry tree!"

He hath

Then Abram said, "O Yahweh, my Lord, what will you give me? {I continue to be} childless, and {my heir} is Eliezer of Damascus."

No

Ah! Those who {join} house with house, they join field together with field until {there is no place} and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Is his

All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

{How much less} the defiant; [the] arrogant, treacherous man? He who broadens his throat like Sheol, and who, like death, is not satisfied, and who gathers to himself all the nations, and harvested for himself all the peoples, will not succeed.

because everything [that is] in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.

It is

I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. It [is] a grievous task God has given to {humans}.

All his days [are] painful, his labor [brings] grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also [is] vanity!

Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.

Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

General references

"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"

{Increasing words only multiplies futility}, how does that profit anyone?