{"book":"Ecclesiastes","slug":"ecclesiastes","ch":6,"genre":"prose","sub":"Ecclesiastes","prev":"ecclesiastes/5","next":"ecclesiastes/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:","f":[],"h":"The Futility of Life","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"A man may father a hundred [children] and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"For [a stillborn child] enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"[The child], though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than [that man],","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"All a man’s labor [is] for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.","f":["Hebrew filled"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All a man’s labor [is] for his mouth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet his appetite is never satisfied."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What [gain comes] to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man [is]; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"For the more words, the more futility — and how does that profit anyone?","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"For who knows what is good for a man during the few days [in which] he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?","f":[]}]}