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Ecclesiastes 6 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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CHAPTER 6
The Futility of Life
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent [fn]among men— 2 a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner [fn]enjoys them. This is [fn]vanity and a severe affliction. 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many [fn]they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he, 4 for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. 5 It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; [fn]it is better off than he. 6 Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not [fn]enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?”
7 All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the [fn]appetite is not [fn]satisfied. 8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living? 9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul [fn]desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
10 Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is. 11 For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? 12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few [fn]years of his futile life? He will [fn]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: upon
Literally: eats from them
Or, futility
Literally: the days of his years
Literally: more rest has this one than that
Literally: see
Literally: soul
Literally: filled
Literally: goes after
Literally: days
Literally: do
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