Ecclesiastes 6

^aThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: ²a man ^bto whom ^cGod hath given ^criches, ^dwealth, and ^chonour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God ^bgiveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. ³If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that ^ethe days of his years be many, and ^eehis soul be not filled with good, and also ^fthat he have no burial; I say, that ^gan untimely birth is better than he. ⁴For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and ^hhis name shall be covered with darkness. ⁵Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more ⁱrest than the other. ⁶Yea, ^kthough he live a thousand years twice told, yet ^eehath he ^lseen no good: do not all go to one place?

^7mAll the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the ⁿappetite is not filled. ⁸For what hath the wise ^omore than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? ⁹Better is ^pthe sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also ^qvanity and vexation of spirit. ¹⁰That which hath been ^his named ^ralready, and it is known that it is man: ^sneither may he contend with him that is ^tmightier than he. ¹¹Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man ^othe better? ¹²For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as ^ua shadow? for ^xwho can tell a man ^ywhat shall be after him under the sun?

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