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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ecclesiastes 6 The wise man goes on to expose the vanity of riches, as possessed by a covetous man, who makes no use of them; an evil, and a common one under the sun, Ecclesiastes 6:1; Who is described by the good things he has; which he has not a power to enjoy, but a stranger enjoys them, Ecclesiastes 6:2; by his numerous offspring and long life; yet neither is he satisfied with...
John Gill
Moreover, he hath not seen the sun,.... This must be spoken of the abortive, and seems to confirm the sense of the former text, as belonging to it; and whereas it has never seen the light of the sun, nor enjoyed the pleasure and comfort of it, it is no ways distressing to it to be without it. The Targum is, "the light of the law he seeth not; and knoweth not between good and evil, to judge...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, I. The royal preacher goes on further to show the vanity of worldly wealth, when men place their happiness in it and are eager and inordinate in laying it up. Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, and good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing. 1. He takes an account of the possessions and enjoyments...