Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 6:4:
Job 3:16
Ecclesiastes 6:1
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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