21_ECC_06_01 there Is an evil which I have seen under the sun , And it [ Is ] common among men :
21_ECC_06_02 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 .
21_ECC_06_03 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 .
21_ECC_06_04 for he cometh in with vanity , And departeth in darkness , And his name shall be covered with darkness .
21_ECC_06_05 moreover he hath not seen the sun , nor known [ any thing ] : this hath more rest than the other .
21_ECC_06_06 yea , though he live A thousand years twice [ told ] , yet hath he seen no good : do not all go to one place ?
21_ECC_06_07 all the labour of man [ Is ] for his mouth , And yet the appetite Is not filled .
21_ECC_06_08 for what hath the wise more than the fool ? what hath the poor , that knoweth to walk before the living ?
21_ECC_06_09 Better [ Is ] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire : this [ Is ] also vanity And vexation of spirit .
21_ECC_06_10 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 .
21_ECC_06_11 seeing there be Many things that increase vanity , what [ Is ] man the Better ?
21_ECC_06_12 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 ?