Ecclesiastes 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Vanity of Life

There^H3426 is^H3426 an evil^H7451 which^H834 I have seen^H7200 under^H8478 the sun^H8121 and it is prevalent^H7227 [fn]among^H5921 men^H120—

Ecc 6:2

Ecc 6:2a man to whom God gives riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God does not empower him to eat from them, for a foreigner eats from them. This is [fn]vanity and a sickening evil.

Ecc 6:3

Ecc 6:3If a man becomes the father of one hundred children and lives many years, however many the days of his years may 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,

Ecc 6:4

Ecc 6:4for that one comes in vanity and goes into darkness; and that one’s name is covered in darkness.

Ecc 6:5

Ecc 6:5“Indeed, that one never sees the sun and never knows anything; [fn]that one has more rest than he.

Ecc 6:6

Ecc 6:6“Even if the other man lives one thousand years twice and does not see good things—do not all go to the same place?”

Ecc 6:7

All^H3605 a man’s^H120 labor^H5999 is for his mouth^H6310, and yet^H1571 the soul^H5315 is not fulfilled^H4390.

Ecc 6:8

Ecc 6:8For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the afflicted man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

Ecc 6:9

Ecc 6:9What the eyes see is better than what the soul goes after. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecc 6:10

Whatever^H4100^H7945 exists^H1961 has already^H3528 been named^H7121^H8034, and it is known^H3045 what^H834 man^H120 is; and he cannot^H3201^H3808 dispute^H1777 with him who^H7945 is stronger^H8623 than^H4480 he is.

Ecc 6:11

Ecc 6:11For there are many words which increase vanity. What then is the advantage to a man?

Ecc 6:12

Ecc 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

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Lit upon

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Or futility

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Lit more rest has this one than that

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The Vanity of Life

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