1. There is an evil which I
have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2. A man to whom God hath
given riches, wealth, and honor, 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.
3. If a man beget a 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.
4. For he cometh in with
vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with
darkness.
5. Moreover he hath not
seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6. Yea, though he live a
thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to
one place?
7. All the labour of man is
for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8. For what hath the wise
more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before
the living?
9. Better is the sight of
the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and
vexation of spirit.
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.
11. Seeing there be many
things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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?
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Cor. 12
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