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Ecclesiastes 6

The Futility of Life

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There is an  aevil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent  1among men--

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a man to whom God has  agiven riches and wealth and honor so that his soul  blacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner  1enjoys them. This is  2vanity and a severe affliction.

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If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many  1they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper  aburial, then I say, "Better  bthe miscarriage than he,

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for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

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"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything;  1it is better off than he.

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"Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not  1enjoy good things-- ado not all go to one place?"

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 aAll a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the  1appetite is not  2satisfied.

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For  awhat advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

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What the eyes  asee is better than what the soul  1desires. This too is  bfutility and a striving after wind.

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Whatever  aexists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he  bcannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

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For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

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For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few  1years of his futile life? He will  2spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man  awhat will be after him under the sun?



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