Ecclesiastes 6
NASB1995
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

1ThereH3426 is an 1evilH7463 whichH834 I have seenH7200 underH8478 the sunH8121 and it is prevalentH7227 2amongH5921 menH120--

2a manH376 to whomH834 GodH430 has 3givenH5414 richesH6239 and wealthH5233 and honorH3519 so that his soulH5315 4lacksH2638 nothingH369 of allH3605 that he desiresH183; yet GodH430 has not empoweredH7980 him to eatH398 from them, for a foreignerH5237 5enjoysH398 them. ThisH2088 is 6vanityH1892 and a severeH7451 afflictionH2483.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 6:1 Eccl 5:13 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 6:1 Lit upon ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 6:2 1 Kin 3:13 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ps 17:14; 73:7; Eccl 2:10 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats from them ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Or futility ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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