Ecclesiastes 6
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Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

7All the labourH5999 of manH120 is for his mouthH6310, and yet the appetiteH5315 is not filledH4390.1 8For what hath the wiseH2450 moreH3148 than the foolH3684? what hath the poorH6041, that knowethH3045 to walkH1980 before the livingH2416?

9BetterH2896 is the sightH4758 of the eyesH5869 than the wanderingH1980 of the desireH5315: this is also vanityH1892 and vexationH7469 of spiritH7307.2 10That which hath been is namedH8034H7121 alreadyH3528, and it is knownH3045 that it is manH120: neither mayH3201 he contendH1777 with him that is mightierH8623 than he.

11Seeing there beH3426 manyH7235 thingsH1697 that increaseH7235 vanityH1892, what is manH120 the betterH3148? 12For who knowethH3045 what is goodH2896 for manH120 in this lifeH2416, allH4557 the daysH3117 of his vainH1892 lifeH2416 which he spendethH6213 as a shadowH6738? for who can tellH5046 a manH120 what shall be afterH310 him under the sunH8121?3

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 6:7 appetite: Heb. soul. ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul. ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 6:12 all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity. ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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