Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy
on
men:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common
among
men:
a man to whom God gives
riches, wealth, and honor
, so that he lacks
nothing for his soul of all that he desires
, yet God gives
him no
power to eat of
it
, but an
alien
eats
it .
This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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.
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 filled with good, and moreover
he has
no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he :
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 .
for it
comes
in vanity, and departs
in darkness, and its
name is
covered with darkness.
For he
cometh
in with
vanity, and departeth
in darkness, and his
name shall
be
covered with darkness.
Moreover it
has
not seen the sun nor known it.
This has
rest rather
than the other.
Moreover he
hath
not seen the sun ,
nor known any
thing:
this hath
more
rest than the other.
Yes
, though he live a thousand years twice told, and
yet fails
to
enjoy
good ,
don't
all go to one place?
Yea
, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath
he
seen
no
good :
do
not
all go to one place?
All the labor
of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
All the labour
of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
For what advantage
has
the wise more than the fool? What has
the poor man
, that knows
how
to walk before the living?
For what hath
the wise more than the fool? what hath
the poor, that knoweth
to walk before the living?
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire .
This also
is vanity and a
chasing
after
wind
.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire :
this is also
vanity and vexation
of
spirit
.
Whatever
has
been, its
name
was
given
long
ago;
and it is known what
man
is ;
neither can
he contend with him who
is mightier than he.
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.
For
there are
many words
that create
vanity .
What does
that
profit
man?
Seeing
there be
many things
that increase
vanity ,
what is
man the
better
?
For who knows
what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends
like
a shadow? For who can tell a man what will
be after him under the sun?
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?
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