6:1 Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind.
6:2 God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it—instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This is vanity—indeed, it is a grievous ill!
6:3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with his prosperity and he does not receive a proper burial, I deem the stillborn better than him.
6:4 For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
6:5 He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.
6:6 Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy prosperity, both suffer the same fate!
6:7 All of a man’s toil is for his mouth— yet his appetite is never satisfied.
6:8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools? Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?
6:9 Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more. This also is vanity and chasing wind!
6:10 Whatever is—it was already determined, what will be—it has already been decided. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.
6:11 Increasing words only multiplies futility, how does that profit anyone?
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