There is
an evil
which I have seen
under the sun,
and it is common
among men:
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.
weakness
ἀρρωστία
arrōstia
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.
say
For he cometh
in with vanity,
and departeth
in darkness,
and his name
shall be covered
with darkness.
Moreover he hath not seen
the sun,
nor known
any thing: this
hath more rest
than
the other.
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?
Better
is the sight
of the eyes
than the wandering
of the desire:
this is also vanity
and vexation
of spirit.
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.
Seeing there be
many
things
that increase
vanity,
what is man
the better?
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?
aware
οἶδεν
oiden
