Nlt Parallel Bible with Kjvp for Ecclesiastes 6 3

Ecclesiastes 6:3 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.

2 God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn't give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless-- a sickening tragedy.

3 A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn't even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.

4 His birth would have been meaningless, and he would have ended in darkness. He wouldn't even have had a name,

5 and he would never have seen the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would have had more peace than in growing up to be an unhappy man.

6 He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else-- well, what's the use?

7 All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.

8 So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?

9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless-- like chasing the wind.

10 Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there's no use arguing with God about your destiny.

11 The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they?

12 In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

1 There is ^H3426 ^PART an evil ^H7451 ^AFS which ^H834 ^RPRO I have seen ^H7200 ^VQQ1MS under ^H8478 ^NMS the sun ^H8121 , and it ^H1931 ^PPRO-3FS is common ^H7227 among ^H5921 ^PREP men ^H120 ^D-NMS :

2 A man ^H376 ^NMS to whom ^H834 ^RPRO God ^H430 ^D-EDP hath given ^H5414 ^VQY3MS riches ^H6239 , wealth ^H5233 , and honor ^H3519 , so that he wanteth ^H2638 nothing ^H369 ^W-ADV-3MS for his soul ^H5315 of all ^H3605 ^M-CMS that ^H834 ^RPRO he desireth ^H183 , yet God ^H430 ^D-NAME-4MP giveth him not power ^H7980 to eat ^H398 ^L-VQFC thereof ^H4480 ^M-PREP-3MS , but ^H3588 ^CONJ a stranger ^H5237 ^AMS eateth ^H398 it : this ^H2088 ^DPRO is vanity ^H1892 ^NMS , and it ^H1931 ^PPRO-3MS is an evil ^H7451 ^AMS disease ^H2483 .

3 If ^H518 ^PART a man ^H376 ^NMS beget ^H3205 a hundred ^H3967 ^MFS children , and live ^H2421 many ^H7227 ^AFP years ^H8141 , so that the days ^H3117 of his years ^H8141 ^CFP-3MS be many ^H7227 ^W-JMS , and his soul ^H5315 ^W-CFS-3MS be not ^H3808 ^NADV filled ^H7646 with ^H4480 ^PREP good ^H2896 ^AMS , and also ^H1571 ^W-CONJ that he have ^H1961 no ^H3808 ^NADV burial ^H6900 ; I say ^H559 ^VQQ1MS , that an untimely birth ^H5309 is better ^H2896 ^AMS than ^H4480 ^PREP he .

4 For ^H3588 ^CONJ he cometh ^H935 ^VQPMS in with vanity ^H1892 , and departeth ^H1980 in darkness ^H2822 , and his name ^H8034 ^CMS-3MS shall be covered ^H3680 with darkness ^H2822 .

5 Moreover ^H1571 ^CONJ he hath not ^H3808 ^NADV seen ^H7200 ^VQQ3MS the sun ^H8121 , nor ^H3808 ^W-NADV known ^H3045 any thing : this ^H2088 hath more rest ^H5183 than the other ^H2088 .

6 Yea ^H432 , though he live ^H2421 a thousand ^H505 ^W-BMS years ^H8141 ^NFP twice ^H6471 ^NFD told , yet hath he seen ^H7200 ^VQQ3MS no ^H3808 ^NADV good ^H2896 : do not ^H3808 ^ADV all ^H3605 go ^H1980 to ^H413 ^PREP one ^H259 ^MMS place ^H4725 ^NUM-MS ?

7 All ^H3605 ^NMS the labor ^H5999 of man ^H120 ^D-NMS is for his mouth ^H6310 , and yet ^H1571 ^W-CONJ the appetite ^H5315 ^D-NFS is not ^H3808 ^NADV filled ^H4390 .

8 For ^H3588 ^CONJ what ^H4100 ^IPRO hath the wise ^H2450 more ^H3148 than ^H4480 the fool ^H3684 ? what ^H4100 ^IPRO hath the poor ^H6041 , that knoweth ^H3045 ^VQPMS to walk ^H1980 ^L-VQFC before ^H5048 the living ^H2416 ?

9 Better ^H2896 ^AMS is the sight ^H4758 of the eyes ^H5869 ^NMD than the wandering ^H1980 of the desire ^H5315 : this ^H2088 ^DPRO is also ^H1571 ^CONJ vanity ^H1892 ^NMS and vexation ^H7469 of spirit ^H7307 ^NMS .

10 That ^H4100 ^IPRO which hath been ^H7945 is named ^H7121 already ^H3528 , and it is known ^H3045 that ^H834 ^RPRO it ^H1931 ^PPRO-3MS is man ^H120 ^NMS : neither ^H3808 ^W-NPAR may ^H3201 ^VQY3MS he contend ^H1777 with ^H5973 ^PREP him that is mightier ^H8623 than ^H4480 ^M-PREP-3MS he .

11 Seeing ^H3588 ^CONJ there be ^H3426 ^PART many ^H7235 ^VHFA things ^H1697 ^NMP that increase ^H7235 vanity ^H1892 ^NMS , what ^H4100 ^IPRO is man ^H120 the better ^H3148 ?

12 For ^H3588 ^CONJ who ^H4310 ^IPRO knoweth ^H3045 ^VQPMS what ^H4100 ^IPRO is good ^H2896 for man ^H120 ^LD-NMS in this life ^H2416 , all ^H4557 ^CMS the days ^H3117 ^CMP of his vain ^H1892 life ^H2416 which he spendeth ^H6213 as a shadow ^H6738 ^KD-NMS ? for ^H834 ^RPRO who ^H4310 ^IPRO can tell ^H5046 ^VHY3MS a man ^H120 ^LD-NMS what ^H4100 ^IPRO shall be ^H1961 ^VQY3MS after ^H310 ^PREP-3MS him under ^H8478 ^NMS the sun ^H8121 ?

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