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Ecclesiastes 6:1-9

There is
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an evil
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which I have seen
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under the sun
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and it [is] common
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among men
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A man
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to whom God
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hath given
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riches
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wealth
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and honour
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so that he wanteth
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nothing for his soul
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of all that he desireth
<0183> (8691)_,
yet God
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giveth him not power
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to eat
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thereof, but a stranger
<0376> <05237>
eateth
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it: this [is] vanity
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and it [is] an evil
<07451>
disease
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If a man
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beget
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an hundred
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[children], and live
<02421> (8799)
many
<07227>
years
<08141>_,
so that the days
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of his years
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be many
<07227>_,
and his soul
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be not filled
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with good
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and also [that] he have no burial
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I say
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[that] an untimely birth
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[is] better
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than he.
For he cometh
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in with vanity
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and departeth
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in darkness
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and his name
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shall be covered
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with darkness
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Moreover he hath not seen
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the sun
<08121>_,
nor known
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[any thing]: this
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hath more rest
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than
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the other.
Yea, though
<0432>
he live
<02421> (8804)
a thousand
<0505>
years
<08141>
twice
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[told], yet hath he seen
<07200> (8804)
no good
<02896>_:
do not all go
<01980> (8802)
to one
<0259>
place
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All the labour
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of man
<0120>
[is] for his mouth
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and yet the appetite
<05315>
is not filled
<04390> (8735)_.
{appetite: Heb. soul}
For what hath the wise
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more
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than the fool
<03684>_?
what hath the poor
<06041>_,
that knoweth
<03045> (8802)
to walk
<01980> (8800)
before the living
<02416>_?
Better
<02896>
[is] the sight
<04758>
of the eyes
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than the wandering
<01980> (8800)
of the desire
<05315>_:
this [is] also vanity
<01892>
and vexation
<07469>
of spirit
<07307>_.
{than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}


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