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# Chapter 6
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1 Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
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2 God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.
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3 A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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4 For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
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5 Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
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6 And if a person lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?
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7 All of a person’s labor is for his stomach,
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yet the appetite is never satisfied.
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8 What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?
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9 Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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10 Whatever exists was given its name long ago, and it is known what mankind is. But he is not able to contend with the one stronger than he.
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11 For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for mankind?
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12 For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun? |