There is an evil which I have seen under the
sun and it is prevalent among men--
Ecclesiastes 6:2
a man to whom God has given riches and wealth
and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not
empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and
a severe affliction.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives
many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things
and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage
than he,
Ecclesiastes 6:4
for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity;
and its name is covered in obscurity.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything;
it is better off than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:6
"Even if the other man lives a thousand years
twice and does not enjoy good things--do not all go to one place?"
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the
appetite is not satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage does the wise man have over
the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the
living?
Ecclesiastes 6:9
What the eyes see is better than what the soul
desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists has already been named, and
it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he
is.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words which increase futility.
What then is the advantage to a man?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during
his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like
a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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