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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

Solomon had shown, in the close of the foregoing chapter, how good it is to make a comfortable use of the gifts of God's providence; now here he shows the evil of the contrary, having and not using, gathering to lay up for I know not what contingent emergencies to come, not to lay out on the most urgent occasions present. This is an evil which Solomon himself saw under the sun, Eccl. 6:1. A great deal of evil there is under the sun. There is a world above the sun where there is no evil, yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he cometh in with vanity ,.... The Targum adds, "into this world." Some understand this of the abortive, and render it, "though he cometh in with vanity" F24 כי בא "quamvis venit", Drusius. , yet is to be preferred to the covetous man: others interpret it of the covetous man himself; and scrape of both: or, however, they may be compared together in these instances; the abortive comes into the world in vain, for nothing, and answers no purpose, as can well be observed; and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of wealth are alike the free gift of God. We may see men possessed of all the gifts of fortune, yet denied the faculty of enjoying them. Hence we again conclude that wealth cannot secure happiness . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he cometh in with vanity ; rather, for it came into nothingness . The reference is to the fetus, or still-born child, not to the rich man, as is implied by the Authorized Version. This, when it appeared, had no independent life or being, was a mere nothing. And departeth in darkness ; and goeth into the darkness . It is taken away and put out of sight. And his ( its ) name shall be covered with darkness. It is a nameless thing, unrecorded, unremembered. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:4

He ... his - Rather, it ... its. The untimely birth is spoken of. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 6:3-6

Ecclesiastes 6:3-6. If a man beget a hundred children Very many, to whom he intends to leave his estate; and live many years Which is the chief thing that he desires, and which gives him opportunity of increasing his estate vastly; and his soul be not filled with good If he have not a contented mind, and a comfortable enjoyment of his estate; and also have no burial And if, after his death, he have either none, or a mean and dishonourable burial, because his sordid and covetous conduct... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

Advice about money (5:8-6:12)Greed for money is a common social evil and the cause of much suffering. Because of such greed, government officials exploit poor farmers. Each official makes sure he takes as much money as he can, so that after he has passed some of it on to those above him who protect him, he has enough left for himself. As for the farmers, besides losing their profits to corrupt officials, they must also give some of their harvest as a tax to the king (8-9).Prosperity does not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 6:4

he cometh: i.e. in the untimely birth of Ecclesiastes 6:3 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:4

Ecclesiastes 6:4. For he cometh in with vanity, &c.— For it is in vain he came, and he shall depart in darkness. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:4

4. he—rather "it," "the untimely birth." So "its," not "his name." with vanity—to no purpose; a type of the driftless existence of him who makes riches the chief good. darkness—of the abortive; a type of the unhonored death and dark future beyond the grave of the avaricious. read more