Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
There is an evil that
I have seen under the sun, and it `
is '
great
on
man
:
There is an evil which
I have seen under the sun, and it is common
among
men
:
A man to whom God giveth
wealth,
and
riches, and honour, and
there
is
no
lack
to
his soul of all that he desireth, and
God giveth him not power to eat of
it
, but a stranger eateth 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 doth
beget a
hundred, and live many years, and
is
great,
because
they
are
the days of his years, and his soul is
not satisfied
from
the
goodness
, and also he hath
not
had
a
grave,
I
have said
, `
Better than he `is'
the
untimely
birth
. '
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 in
vanity
he came
in, and in darkness he
goeth
, and in
darkness
his name is
covered ,
For he cometh
in with
vanity
, and departeth
in darkness, and his name shall
be
covered with
darkness.
Even
the
sun
he hath not seen nor known ,
more rest hath
this
than that
.
Moreover
he hath not seen the
sun,
nor known any
thing:
this
hath
more rest than the
other
.
And
though he had
lived
a thousand years twice over
, yet good
he
hath not
seen ;
to
the
same
place
doth
not every
one
go?
Yea,
though he live
a thousand years twice told
, yet hath he
seen no
good:
do
not all
go to
one
place
?
All the labour of man `
is '
for his mouth, and yet the soul
is not filled.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite
is not filled.
For what advantage
`is'
to
the wise above
the fool? What to
the poor who
knoweth 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 going
of the soul.
This also
`
is '
vanity and vexation of spirit.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering
of the desire:
this is also
vanity and vexation of spirit.
What
`is'
that which hath been ?
already
is its
name
called
, and it is known that it `
is '
man ,
and
he is
not
able
to
contend with him who
is stronger
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 things multiplying
vanity ;
what advantage
`
is '
to
man?
Seeing
there be
many things that
increase
vanity ,
what is man the
better
?
For who knoweth what `
is '
good for a
man in life, the
number
of
the days of the
life
of
his vanity,
and
he maketh
them
as a shadow? for who declareth
to
man what is
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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