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1 # There is <03426> an evil <07451> which I have seen <07200> (8804) under the sun <08121>, and it is common <07227> among men <0120>:
2 A man <0376> to whom God <0430> hath given <05414> (8799) riches <06239>, wealth <05233>, and honour <03519>, so that he wanteth <02638> nothing for his soul <05315> of all that he desireth <0183> (8691), yet God <0430> giveth him not power <07980> (8686) to eat <0398> (8800) thereof, but a stranger <0376> <05237> eateth <0398> (8799) it: this is vanity <01892>, and it is an evil <07451> disease <02483>.
3 If a man <0376> beget <03205> (8686) an hundred <03967> children, and live <02421> (8799) many <07227> years <08141>, so that the days <03117> of his years <08141> be many <07227>, and his soul <05315> be not filled <07646> (8799) with good <02896>, and also that he have no burial <06900>; I say <0559> (8804), that an untimely birth <05309> is better <02896> than he.
4 For he cometh <0935> (8804) in with vanity <01892>, and departeth <03212> (8799) in darkness <02822> , and his name <08034> shall be covered <03680> (8792) with darkness <02822>.
5 Moreover he hath not seen <07200> (8804) the sun <08121>, nor known <03045> (8804) any thing: this <02088> hath more rest <05183> than <02088> the other.
6 Yea, though <0432> he live <02421> (8804) a thousand <0505> years <08141> twice <06471> told , yet hath he seen <07200> (8804) no good <02896>: do not all go <01980> (8802) to one <0259> place <04725>?
7 # All the labour <05999> of man <0120> is for his mouth <06310>, and yet the appetite <05315> is not filled <04390> (8735).
8 For what hath the wise <02450> more <03148> than the fool <03684>? what hath the poor <06041>, that knoweth <03045> (8802) to walk <01980> (8800) before the living <02416>?
9 Better <02896> is the sight <04758> of the eyes <05869> than the wandering <01980> (8800) of the desire <05315>: this is also vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.
10 That which hath been is named <07121> (8738) <08034> already <03528>, and it is known <03045> (8737) that it is man <0120>: neither may <03201> (8799) he contend <01777> (8800) with him that is mightier <08623> than he.
11 # Seeing there be <03426> many <07235> (8687) things <01697> that increase <07235> (8688) vanity <01892>, what is man <0120> the better <03148>?
12 For who knoweth <03045> (8802) what is good <02896> for man <0120> in this life <02416>, all <04557> the days <03117> of his vain <01892> life <02416> which he spendeth <06213> (8799) as a shadow <06738>? for who can tell <05046> (8686) a man <0120> what shall be after <0310> him under the sun <08121>?