6:1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:
6:2 those to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honour, so that they lack nothing of all that they desire, yet God does not enable them to enjoy these things, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous ill.
6:3 A man may beget a hundred children, and live for many years; but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life’s good things, or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
6:4 For it comes into vanity and goes into darkness, and in darkness its name is covered;
6:5 moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
6:6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good—do not all go to one place?
6:7 All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.
6:8 For what advantage have the wise over fools? And what do the poor have who know how to conduct themselves before the living?
6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
6:10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what human beings are, and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.
6:11 The more words, the more vanity, so how is one the better?
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