Ecclesiastes 6
6
1#Ecc 5:13There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2#Ps 17:14; Ecc 5:19a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor so that there is no want in his life from among anything that he desires; yet God does not give him ability to eat from them because another man eats and enjoys from his possessions. This is vanity and a tormenting injustice.
3#Job 3:16; Ecc 4:3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he— 4for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered up. 5Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. 6Though the man may live a thousand years, twice over, yet he does not see the good things. Does not everyone go to the same place?
7#Pr 16:26 All the labor of man is for his mouth,
yet his appetite is not satisfied.
8For what benefit is there for the wise
over the fool?
And what more does the poor man know
who walks before others?
9#Ecc 1:14 Better to be content with the sight of eyes
than to have a wandering appetite.
This is vanity
and like chasing the wind.
10#Job 9:32; Ecc 3:15 Whatever happens, it has already been given a name,
and it is known what man is;
he cannot contend with Him who is stronger than he.
11The more words,
the more vanity,
so what profit is there to mankind?
12#Job 14:2; Ecc 3:22For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life which pass like a shadow? For who can tell men what will be after them under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 6
6
1I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done. 2God will give someone wealth, honour, and property, yes, everything he wants, but then will not let him enjoy it. Some stranger will enjoy it instead. It is useless, and it's all wrong. 3A person may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long he lives, if he does not get his share of happiness and does not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off. 4It does that baby no good to be born; it disappears into darkness, where it is forgotten. 5It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest — 6more so than the man who never enjoys life, though he may live 2,000 years. After all, both of them are going to the same place.
7People do all their work just to get something to eat, but they never have enough. 8How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life? 9It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.
10Everything that happens was already determined long ago, and we all know that you#6.10 and we… you; or and our nature is already known; you. cannot argue with someone who is stronger than you are. 11The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off. 12How can anyone know what is best for us in this short, useless life of ours — a life that passes like a shadow? How can we know what will happen in the world after we die?
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.