Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 6:4
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Browse this work.
Read Ecclesiastes 6. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Ecclesiastes6:4
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.
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Ecclesiastes 6:4. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.