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| 6:1 | There is an euill which I haue seen vnder the Sun, and it is common among men: |
| 6:2 | A man to whom God hath giuen riches, wealth and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth, yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a stranger eateth it: This is vanitie, and it is an euill disease. |
| 6:3 | If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he. |
| 6:4 | For he commeth in with vanitie, and departeth in darkenesse, and his name shall be couered with darkenesse. |
| 6:5 | Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other. |
| 6:6 | Yea though he liue a thousand yeeres twice told, yet hath he seene no good: Doe not all goe to one place? |
| 6:7 | All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. |
| 6:8 | For what hath the wise more then the foole? what hath the poore, that knoweth to walke before the liuing? |
| 6:9 | Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit. |
| 6:10 | That which hath bene, is named already, and it is knowen that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he. |
| 6:11 | Seeing there be many things that increase vanitie, what is man the better? |
| 6:12 | For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne? |
| 6:1 | There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men |
| 6:2 | when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague |
| 6:3 | If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he |
| 6:4 | For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten |
| 6:5 | Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other |
| 6:6 | Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place |
| 6:7 | All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde |
| 6:8 | For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng |
| 6:9 | The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde |
| 6:10 | The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he |
| 6:11 | Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els |
| 6:12 | For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne |
| 6:1 | There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men: |
| 6:2 | A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse. |
| 6:3 | If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he. |
| 6:4 | For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse. |
| 6:5 | Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other. |
| 6:6 | And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place? |
| 6:7 | All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled. |
| 6:8 | For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing? |
| 6:9 | The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit. |
| 6:10 | What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he. |
| 6:11 | n/a |
| 6:12 | n/a |
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