For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
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Gill's Exposition
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" (x), yet is to be preferred to the covetous…
Barnes' Notes
He ... his - Rather, it ... its. The untimely birth is spoken of.
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,…
Cambridge Bible
he cometh in with vanity The pronoun in the English Version refers the clause to the man who has heaped up riches, and had a long life with no real enjoyment. Probably, however, the words describe, in…