| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men-- |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2a 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 enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things-- do not all go to one place?" |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Whatever 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? |
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