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Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 5:14

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Ecclesiastes5:14

14 But those riches perish by evil travel , and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand .

Or, For: or, Or: or, Moreover: For this Particle is so rendred by divers others both here and in other places of Scripture.

If they be kept, it is to the owners hurt, and if not, they are lost to his grief.

By some wicked practices, either his own, or of other men; or by some secret Hand of God cursing all his Enterprizes

Either 1. In the Fathers power to leave to his Son, for whose sake he underwent all those hard labours; which is a great aggravation of his grief and misery. Or, 2. in the Sons possession after his Fathers death.

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