1 nch. 5:13 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2 a manoch. 5:19 to whomp[1 Kgs. 3:13] God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that heqPs. 17:14; 73:7; See Job 21:7-13 lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet Godr[ch. 5:19; Luke 12:20] does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so thatsGen. 47:8, 9 the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life'st[ver. 6] good things, and he also has nouIsa. 14:20; Jer. 8:2; 22:19; [2 Kgs. 9:35] burial, I say thatvch. 4:3; Job 3:16 a stillborn child is better off than he. 4 For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. 5 Moreover, it has notwch. 7:11; 11:7 seen the sun or known anything, yet it findsxch. 4:6 rest rather than he. 6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy1Or see no good—do not all go to the one place?
7 y[Prov. 16:26] All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. 8 For what advantage has the wise manz[ch. 2:15] over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? 9 Betterach. 11:9 is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also isbSee ch. 1:14 vanity and a striving after wind.
10 Whatever has come to be hascch. 1:10; 3:15 already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able todJob 9:32; Isa. 45:9; [1 Cor. 10:22] dispute with one stronger than he. 11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of hise[ch. 7:15; 9:9] vain life, which he passes likefch. 8:13; See Job 14:2 a shadow? For who can tell man what will beg[ch. 2:18; 3:22] after him under the sun?