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The Preacher describes the misery of receiving riches, honor, and even long life without the ability to enjoy them, then asks what human desire can finally gain when the future remains unknown.
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Ecclesiastes 6
The Preacher describes the misery of receiving riches, honor, and even long life without the ability to enjoy them, then asks what human desire can finally gain when the future remains unknown.
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Verses 1–6A person may have wealth and honor yet lack power to enjoy them, making abundance emptyVerses 7–10Human appetite is never fully satisfied, and man cannot contend with the one stronger than heVerses 11–12Many things increase vanity, and man does not know what is best or what comes after him
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1There is an evil which I have seen under the…2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and…3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many…4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness,…5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any…6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet…7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and…8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what…9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering…10That which hath been is named already, and it is…11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is…12For who knoweth what is good for man in this…