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The Futility of Life
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?