21_ECC_06_01 there Is an evil which I have seen under the sun, And it [ Is] common among men:
21_ECC_06_02 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, And honour, So that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but A stranger eateth it: this [ Is] vanity, And it [ Is] an evil disease.
21_ECC_06_03 if A man beget an hundred [ children], And live Many years, So that the days of his years be Many, And his soul be not filled with good, And also [ that] he have no burial; I say, [ that] an untimely birth [ Is] Better than he.
21_ECC_06_04 for he cometh in with vanity, And departeth in darkness, And his name shall be covered with darkness.
21_ECC_06_05 moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [ any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
21_ECC_06_06 yea, though he live A thousand years twice [ told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
21_ECC_06_07 all the labour of man [ Is] for his mouth, And yet the appetite Is not filled.
21_ECC_06_08 for what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
21_ECC_06_09 Better [ Is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [ Is] also vanity And vexation of spirit.
21_ECC_06_10 that which hath been Is named already, And it Is known that it [ Is] man: neither may he contend with him that Is mightier than he.
21_ECC_06_11 seeing there be Many things that increase vanity, what [ Is] man the Better?
21_ECC_06_12 for who knoweth what [ Is] good for man in [ this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as A shadow? for who can tell A man what shall be after him under the sun?