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

The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: 'Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, 'Lo, I am a tree dried up,'

He hath

And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

No

Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

Is his

All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

And also, because the wine is treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

It is

And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also is vanity.

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

General references

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage is to man?