Ecclesiastes 6:6
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Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

though

Genesis 5:5,23,24 And all the time that Adam lived, came to nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. . . .

Isaiah 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and the works of their hands shall be of long continuance.

yet

Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.

Job 7:7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.

Psalm 4:6,7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart. . . .

Psalm 34:12 Who is the man that desireth life: who liveth to see good days?

Isaiah 65:20 There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Jeremiah 17:6 For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.

do

Ecclesiastes 3:20 And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.

Job 1:21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 30:23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment:

Context
The Futility of Life
5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: 6Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

Ecclesiastes 6:5
He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Ecclesiastes 9:2
But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.

Lexicon
if
וְאִלּ֣וּ (wə·’il·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 432: If, though

he lives
חָיָ֗ה (ḥā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

a thousand
אֶ֤לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

years
שָׁנִים֙ (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

twice over,
פַּעֲמַ֔יִם (pa·‘ă·ma·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

but fails to
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

enjoy
רָאָ֑ה (rā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

his prosperity.
וְטוֹבָ֖ה (wə·ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

Do not
הֲלֹ֛א (hă·lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

all
הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

go
הוֹלֵֽךְ׃ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the same
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

place?
מָק֥וֹם (mā·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


Additional Translations
if he lives a thousand years twice over, but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good: do not all go to one place?

Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?
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