Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:1 (show verse)
Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] prevalent among humankind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 (show verse)
God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!
Ecclesiastes 6:3 (show verse)
Even if a man fathers a hundred [children] and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with {his prosperity} and {he does not receive a proper burial}, I deem the stillborn better than him.
Ecclesiastes 6:4 (show verse)
For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
Ecclesiastes 6:5 (show verse)
He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.
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Ecclesiastes 6:6 (show verse)
Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy {prosperity}, {both suffer the same fate}!
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Ecclesiastes 6:7 (show verse)
All of a man's toil [is] for his mouth-- yet his appetite is never satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 (show verse)
So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 (show verse)
{Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 6:10 (show verse)
Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.
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Ecclesiastes 6:11 (show verse)
{Increasing words only multiplies futility}, how does that profit anyone?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 (show verse)
For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun?
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
natural Life » Is compared to » A shadow
natural Life » Described as » Vain
natural Life » We know not what is good for us in
Man » Not profited by all his labor and travail
Man » Ignorant of what is good for him
Time » Brevity of » Only a handbreadth in extent
Vanity » The days of man are
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
natural Life » Is compared to » A shadow
natural Life » Described as » Vain
natural Life » We know not what is good for us in
Man » Not profited by all his labor and travail
Man » Ignorant of what is good for him
Time » Brevity of » Only a handbreadth in extent
Vanity » The days of man are