4. He. Rather “it,” the stillborn childânot the rich man.
With vanity. The meaning is that the stillborn child comes into the world to no purpose.
Darkness. The stillborn child is immediately disposed of, with no funeral rites, no ceremony to pay it honor, to keep it in remembrance. It remains nameless, unrecorded. A child may eventually achieve glory, honor, and fame, but the stillborn child never emerges from the silence and darkness of death.