Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
There is an
evil which
I have seen under the sun, and it is
heavy
upon men
:
There is another
evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs
heavily
upon mankind
:
a man to
whom
God
giveth
riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh
nothing for
his soul
of
all
that
he
desireth,
yet
God giveth
him
not power
to eat
thereof
, but
an
alien
eateth
it;
this is vanity,
and it
is
an
evil
disease
.
God
gives
a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks
nothing his heart
desires;
but
God does
not allow
him
to enjoy
them.
Instead
, a
stranger
will
enjoy
them.
This is futile
and a
grievous
affliction
.
If
a man beget
a hundred children ,
and live many years ,
so
that
the
days
of
his
years
are
many
, but
his
soul
be
not
filled
with good,
and moreover
he
have
no
burial ;
I say ,
that an
untimely
birth
is better than he :
A man may
father
a hundred children and live for
many years ;
yet
no
matter
how
long
he
lives
, if
he
is
unsatisfied
with his
prosperity
and does
not
even
receive
a
proper
burial ,
I say that a
stillborn
child
is better off
than he .
for it
cometh
in vanity,
and departeth
in darkness, and the
name thereof
is covered
with
darkness;
For a
stillborn
child
enters
in futility
and departs
in darkness, and his
name is shrouded
in
obscurity.
moreover
it
hath
not
seen
the sun nor known
it;
this
hath
rest rather
than the
other:
The child,
though
neither
seeing
the
sun nor knowing
anything,
has
more
rest than that
man,
yea,
though
he live
a thousand years twice told,
and
yet
enjoy no
good,
do not all go to one
place?
even
if
he lives
a thousand years twice over
but
fails
to
enjoy his
prosperity.
Do not all go to the
same
place?
All the
labor of
man
is for his mouth, and
yet the
appetite is not
filled
.
All a
man’s
labor is for his mouth, yet his
appetite is never
satisfied
.
For
what advantage hath
the wise more
than
the fool? `or'
what hath
the poor man ,
that
knoweth
how to walk
before the
living
?
What advantage ,
then,
has
the wise man
over
the fool? What gain
comes
to
the poor man who
knows
how to conduct
himself
before others
?
Better is
the
sight
of
the eyes
than the wandering of the
desire :
this also
is vanity
and a striving
after
wind.
Better what
the eye
can
see
than the wandering of desire .
This too
is futile
and a pursuit
of
the
wind.
Whatsoever
hath
been,
the
name
thereof
was given
long ago ;
and it
is
know
what man is; neither
can
he contend with him
that
is
mightier
than he.
Whatever
exists
was named
long ago ,
and what happens
to
a
man is foreknown
; but
he cannot
contend with one
stronger
than he.
Seeing
there
are
many
things
that
increase
vanity
, what
is
man
the better
?
For
the
more
words
, the more
futility—and
how
does
that
profit
anyone
?
For who knoweth
what is good for man in
`his'
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?
For who knows
what is good for a
man during
the few
days in
which he passes
through
his
fleeting
life
like
a shadow? Who can tell a man what will
come
after him under the sun?
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