Ecclesiastes 6:2

“A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, etc.] By “riches” may be meant gold and silver, things which a covetous man is never satisfied with; and by “wealth”, cattle, with which farms and fields are stocked: the wealth of men, especially in former times, and in the eastern countries, lay very much in these, as did the wealth of Abraham and Job, (<011302>Genesis 13:2 <180103>Job 1:3); and all these, as they are reckoned glorious and honourable in themselves; so they create honour and glory among men, and raise to high and honourable places; and these, as they go, they are usually put together, and are called by the name of honour and glory itself; (see <200316>Proverbs 3:16…”

“for his soul--that is, his enjoyment. God giveth him not power to eat--This distinguishes him from the "rich" man in Ecc 5:19. "God hath given" distinguishes him also from the man who got his wealth by "oppression" (Ecc 5:8, Ecc 5:10). stranger--those not akin, nay, even hostile to him (Jer 51:51; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9). He seems to have it in his "power" to do as he will with his wealth, but an unseen power gives him up to his own avarice: God wills that he should toil for "a stranger" (Ecc 2:26), who has found favor in God's sight.”

“Riches - All sorts of riches. To eat - Because God gives him up to a base and covetous mind. Ecclesiastes 6:3”

“a man: Ecc 5:19; Kg1 3:13; Ch1 29:25, Ch1 29:28; Ch2 1:11; Dan 5:18 so: Ecc 2:4-10; Deu 8:7-10; Jdg 18:10; Job 21:9-15; Psa 17:14, Psa 73:7; Luk 12:19, Luk 12:20 yet: A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings. but: Deu 28:33, Deu 28:43; Psa 39:6; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9 vanity: Ecc 4:4, Ecc 4:8, Ecc 5:16 Ecclesiastes 6:3”

“To עשׁר וּנך, as at Ch2 1:11, וך and honour is added as a third thing. What follows we do not translate: "and there is nothing wanting ... ;" for that איננּוּ with the pleonastic suff. may mean: "there is not," is not to be proved from Gen 39:9, thus: and he spares not for his soul (lxx καὶ οὐκ κ.τ.λ) what he always desires. חסר is adj. in the sense of wanting, lacking, as at Sa1 21:1-15 :16; Kg1 11:22; Pro 12:9. לנפשׁו, "for his soul," i.e., his person, is = the synon. לעצמו found in the later usage of the language; מן (different from the min, Ecc 4:8) is, as at Gen 6:2, partitive. The נכרי, to whom this considerable estate, satisfying every wish, finally comes, is certainly not the legal…”