Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Many things that increase vanity. The more wealth the more vanity.
What (is) man the better? "Seeing" that man cannot escape from the vanity," which by God's "mighty" will is inherent in earthly things, and cannot call in question God's wisdom in these dispensations ("cannot contend with Him that is mightier than he") "what is man the better" of these vain things, as regards the chief good? None whatever. The seeming advantage of the rich over the poor vanishes on a closer examination.