George Leo Haydock

Compared. Hebrew, “he is like dumb, or perishable beasts.” (Haydock) — So much is man degraded by his attachment to riches and pleasures. (Theodoret) (Calmet) — Some explain this of Adam, (St. Chrysostom) reduced to the necessity of labouring, and dying, like brutes, ver. 21., and Ecclesiastes iii. 18. (Calmet) — This is a very serious reflection, to think that man should so far neglect the gifts of reason, as to strive for temporal advantages only, like irrational creatures. (Worthington)