Ecclesiastes 6: A long life without the power to enjoy it

The difference between having much and enjoying any of it becomes impossible to miss. Ecclesiastes imagines riches, honor, many children, and an extraordinarily long life, then removes one capacity: the power to experience the abundance as good. The result is not counted as success merely because the totals are impressive. Appetite supplies a smaller version of the same problem. Labor feeds the mouth, but desire keeps moving, so recurring satisfaction never becomes final completion. The chapter also places human argument inside a larger order already established. Multiplying words cannot make a person stronger than the one who is stronger, nor can speech open the future to inspection. The closing questions leave the present good and the coming future uncertain, preparing for wisdom that helps without pretending to control everything.