6:1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
6:2 a 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.
6:3 If 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—
6:4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered up.
6:5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
6:6 Though 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?
6:7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
6:8 For what benefit is there for the wise over the fool? And what more does the poor man know who walks before others?
6:9 Better to be content with the sight of eyes than to have a wandering appetite. This is vanity and like chasing the wind.
6:10 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.
6:11 The more words, the more vanity, so what profit is there to mankind?
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