Ecclesiastes 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? For what hath the wise more than the fool? - They must both labor for the same end. Both depend upon the labor of themselves or others for the necessaries of life. Both must eat and drink in order to live; and the rich man can no more eat two meals at a time, than he can comfortably wear two changes of raiment. The necessaries of life are the same to both, and their condition in life is nearly similar; liable to the same diseases, dissolution, and death.