Ecclesiastes 6
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Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

1ThereH3426 isH3426 an 1evilH7463 whichH834 I have seenH7200 underH8478 the sunH8121, and it is widespreadH7227 2amongH5921 mankindH120: 2a personH376 to whomH834 GodH430 has 3givenH5414 richesH6239, wealthH5233, and honorH3519, so that his soulH5315 4lacksH2638 nothingH369 of allH3605 that he desiresH183, yet GodH430 has not givenH7980 him theH7980 opportunityH7980 to 5enjoyH398 these things, but a foreignerH5237 6enjoysH398 them. ThisH2088 is futilityH1892 and a severeH7451 afflictionH2483. 3IfH518 a manH376 fathersH3205 a hundredH3967 children and livesH2421 manyH7227 yearsH8141, however manyH7227 7they may be, but his soulH5315 isH7646 not satisfiedH7646 with goodH2899 thingsH2899 and he does not evenH1571 haveH1961 a proper 8burialH6900, then I sayH559, “BetterH2896 9the miscarriageH5309 thanH4480 he, 4for a miscarriage comesH935 in futilityH1892 and goesH1980 into darknessH2822; and its nameH8034 is coveredH3680 in darknessH2822. 5It has notH1571 evenH1571 seenH7200 the sunH8121 norH3808 does it knowH3045 it; yet 10it is betterH4480H5183 offH5183 thanH4480 that man. 6Even ifH432 the man livesH2421 a thousandH505 yearsH8141 twiceH6471, but does not seeH7200 goodH2899 thingsH2899--11do not allH3605 goH1980 to oneH259 and the same placeH4725?”

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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 eat from it ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats it ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Lit the days of his years ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Is 14:20; Jer 8:2; 22:19 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Job 3:16; Eccl 4:3 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 6:5 Lit more rest has this one than that ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Eccl 2:14 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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