Ecclesiastes

Chapter 6

1  The vanity of riches without use.  3  Of children,  6  and old age without riches.  9  The vanity of sight and wandering desires.  11  The conclusion of vanities.

6:1 ¶ There is {3426} an evil {7451} which (834) I have seen {7200} <8804> under (8478) the sun, {8121} and it (1931) [is] common {7227} among (5921) men: {120}

6:2 A man {376} to whom (834) God {430} hath given {5414} <8799> riches, {6239} wealth, {5233} and honour, {3519} so that he wanteth {2638} nothing (369) for his soul {5315} of all (4480) (3605) that (834) he desireth, {183} <8691> yet God {430} giveth him not power {7980} <8686> (3808) to eat {398} <8800> thereof, (4480) but (3588) a stranger {376} {5237} eateth {398} <8799> it: this (2088) [is] vanity, {1892} and it (1931) [is] an evil {7451} disease. {2483}

6:3 ¶ If (518) a man {376} beget {3205} <8686> an hundred {3967} [children], and live {2421} <8799> many {7227} years, {8141} so that the days {3117} of his years {8141} be (7945) (1961) many, {7227} and his soul {5315} be not (3808) filled {7646} <8799> with (4480) good, {2896} and also (1571) [that] he have (1961) no (3808) burial; {6900} I say, {559} <8804> [that] an untimely birth {5309} [is] better {2896} than (4480) he.

6:4 For (3588) he cometh {935} <8804> in with vanity, {1892} and departeth [3212] <8799> (1980) in darkness, {2822} and his name {8034} shall be covered {3680} <8792> with darkness. {2822}

6:5 Moreover (1571) he hath not (3808) seen {7200} <8804> the sun, {8121} nor (3808) known {3045} <8804> [any thing]: this {2088} hath more rest {5183} than [2088] the other. (4480) (2088)

6:6 ¶ Yea, (432) though [432] he live {2421} <8804> a thousand {505} years {8141} twice {6471} [told], yet hath he seen {7200} <8804> no (3808) good: {2896} do not (3808) all (3605) go {1980} <8802> to (413) one {259} place? {4725}

6:7 All (3605) the labour {5999} of man {120} [is] for his mouth, {6310} and yet (1571) the appetite {5315} is not (3808) filled. {4390} <8735>

6:8 For (3588) what (4100) hath the wise {2450} more {3148} than (4480) the fool? {3684} what (4100) hath the poor, {6041} that knoweth {3045} <8802> to walk {1980} <8800> before (5048) the living? {2416}

6:9 ¶ Better {2896} [is] the sight {4758} of the eyes {5869} than the wandering {1980} <8800> (4480) of the desire: {5315} this (2088) [is] also (1571) vanity {1892} and vexation {7469} of spirit. {7307}

6:10 That (4100) which hath been (7945) (1961) is named {7121} {8034} <8738> already, {3528} and it is known {3045} <8737> that (834) it (1931) [is] man: {120} neither (3808) may {3201} <8799> he contend {1777} <8800> with (5973) him that is mightier {8623} (7945) than (4480) he.

6:11 ¶ Seeing (3588) there be {3426} many {7235} <8687> things {1697} that increase {7235} <8688> vanity, {1892} what (4100) [is] man {120} the better? {3148}

6:12 For (3588) who (4310) knoweth {3045} <8802> what (4100) [is] good {2896} for man {120} in [this] life, {2416} all {4557} the days {3117} of his vain {1892} life {2416} which he spendeth {6213} <8799> as a shadow? {6738} for (834) who (4310) can tell {5046} <8686> a man {120} what (4100) shall be (1961) after {310} him under (8478) the sun? {8121}