6:1 There is another bad thing which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard for men:
6:2 God gives a man riches and many good things and honor, so that he has everything he wants. But He does not allow him to have joy from them, for a stranger has joy from them. This is for nothing, and is very bad.
6:3 If a man becomes the father of a hundred children and lives many years until he is very old, but he is not happy with good things, and is not buried as he should be, then I say that the child who dies before it is born is shown more favor than he.
6:4 For this child comes for nothing and goes into darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.
6:5 It never sees the sun and it never knows anything. It is better off than he.
6:6 Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not find joy in good things, do not all go to the same place?
6:7 All a man’s work is for his mouth, and yet his hunger is not filled.
6:8 For what is better for the wise man than for the fool? And what good does the poor man have who knows how to walk among the living?
6:9 What the eyes see is better than what there is a desire for. This also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.
6:10 Whatever has come to be has already been given a name. It is known what man is, and that he cannot argue with one who is stronger than he.
6:11 The more words there are, the more they are worth nothing. What good is that to anyone?
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