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Wealth Is Not the Goal 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:
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:
God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.
Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,
Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man —
even if he lives a thousand years twice — but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.
yet their appetite is never satisfied.
For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
What advantage have the wise over fools?
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
Whatever one is, he has been named already,
For it is known that he is man;
And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
For it is known that he is man;
And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Whatever exists has already been named,
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?
How is man the better?
The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?