There is an evil which I have seen
under the sun, and it is common among men:
02 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth,
and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his
soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him
not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth
it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
03 If a man beget an hundred children, and live
many years, so that the days of his years be
many, and his soul be not filled with good, and
also that he have no burial; I say, that an
untimely birth is better than he.
04 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in
darkness, and his name shall be covered with
darkness.
05 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known
any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
06 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice
told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to
one place?
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07 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and
yet the appetite is not filled.
08 For what hath the wise more than the fool?
what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before
the living?
09 Better is the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and
vexation of spirit.
10 That which hath been is named already, and it
is known that it is man: neither may he contend
with him that is mightier than he.
11 Seeing there be many things that increase
vanity, what is man the better?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this
life, all the days of his vain life which he
spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what
shall be after him under the sun?
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