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1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
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1. There is H3426 an evil H7451 which H834 I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 , and it H1931 is common H7227 among H5921 men H120 :
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2. a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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2. A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches H6239 , wealth H5233 , and honor H3519 , so that he wanteth H2638 nothing H369 for his soul H5315 of all H4480 H3605 that H834 he desireth H183 , yet God H430 giveth him not power H7980 H3808 to eat H398 thereof H4480 , but H3588 a stranger H376 H5237 eateth H398 it: this H2088 is vanity H1892 , and it H1931 is an evil H7451 disease H2483 .
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3. If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
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3. If H518 a man H376 beget H3205 a hundred H3967 children , and live H2421 many H7227 years H8141 , so that the days H3117 of his years H8141 be H7945 H1961 many H7227 , and his soul H5315 be not H3808 filled H7646 with H4480 good H2896 , and also H1571 that he have H1961 no H3808 burial H6900 ; I say H559 , that an untimely birth H5309 is better H2896 than H4480 he.
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4. for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
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4. For H3588 he cometh H935 in with vanity H1892 , and departeth H1980 in darkness H2822 , and his name H8034 shall be covered H3680 with darkness H2822 .
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5. Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
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5. Moreover H1571 he hath not H3808 seen H7200 the sun H8121 , nor H3808 known H3045 any thing : this H2088 hath more rest H5183 than the other H4480 H2088 .
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6. Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
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6. Yea H432 , though he live H2421 a thousand H505 years H8141 twice H6471 told , yet hath he seen H7200 no H3808 good H2896 : do not H3808 all H3605 go H1980 to H413 one H259 place H4725 ?
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7. All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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7. All H3605 the labor H5999 of man H120 is for his mouth H6310 , and yet H1571 the appetite H5315 is not H3808 filled H4390 .
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8. For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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8. For H3588 what H4100 hath the wise H2450 more H3148 than H4480 the fool H3684 ? what H4100 hath the poor H6041 , that knoweth H3045 to walk H1980 before H5048 the living H2416 ?
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9. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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9. Better H2896 is the sight H4758 of the eyes H5869 than the wandering H4480 H1980 of the desire H5315 : this H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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10. Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
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10. That H4100 which hath been H7945 H1961 is named H7121 H8034 already H3528 , and it is known H3045 that H834 it H1931 is man H120 : neither H3808 may H3201 he contend H1777 with H5973 him that is mightier H7945 H8623 than H4480 he.
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11. For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
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11. Seeing H3588 there be H3426 many H7235 things H1697 that increase H7235 vanity H1892 , what H4100 is man H120 the better H3148 ?
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12. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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12. For H3588 who H4310 knoweth H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for man H120 in this life H2416 , all H4557 the days H3117 of his vain H1892 life H2416 which he spendeth H6213 as a shadow H6738 ? for H834 who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 shall be H1961 after H310 him under H8478 the sun H8121 ?
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