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| 1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men | |
| 2. A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction. | |
| 3. If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness , or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he-- | |
| 4. for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness , and its name is covered with darkness . | |
| 5. Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man, | |
| 6. even if he lives a thousand years twice--but has not seen goodness . Do not all go to one place? | |
| 7. All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. | |
| 8. For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living? | |
| 9. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. | |
| 10. Whatever one is, he has been named already, For it is known that he is man; And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he. | |
| 11. Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better? | |
| 12. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he pass es like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun? |
| Verse | |
| 1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men | |
| 2. A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction. | |
| 3. If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness , or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he-- | |
| 4. for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness , and its name is covered with darkness . | |
| 5. Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man, | |
| 6. even if he lives a thousand years twice--but has not seen goodness . Do not all go to one place? | |
| 7. All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. | |
| 8. For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living? | |
| 9. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. | |
| 10. Whatever one is, he has been named already, For it is known that he is man; And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he. | |
| 11. Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better? | |
| 12. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he pass es like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun? |