Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:1 (show verse)
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 (show verse)
A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 (show verse)
If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'
Ecclesiastes 6:4 (show verse)
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
Ecclesiastes 6:5 (show verse)
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
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Ecclesiastes 6:6 (show verse)
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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Ecclesiastes 6:7 (show verse)
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 (show verse)
For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 (show verse)
Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 6:10 (show verse)
What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
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Ecclesiastes 6:11 (show verse)
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage is to man?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 (show verse)
For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him 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