6:1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, a common burden that people bear:
6:2 God gives somebody wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of everything that he craves, but God does not give him the opportunity to eat it. Instead, a stranger eats it. This is vapor, and a sickening evil.
6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live many years, but if his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, no matter how many days he lives, I say, “A stillborn baby is better off than he is.”
6:4 Why? Because that baby comes like a vapor and leaves in darkness, and its name gets covered in darkness.
6:5 The baby does not see the sun or know it, but it enjoys more peaceful rest than that man does,
6:6 even if that man would live a thousand years two times without enjoying good things. They all go to the same place, don’t they?
6:7 All of a man’s hard work is to feed his mouth, but his appetite never feels satisfied.
6:8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? What advantage does a poor man gain, who knows how to keep walking among the living?
6:9 Better to have eyes that look at what is actually there than desires that roam. This too is vapor and chasing the wind.
6:10 Whatever exists already has its name, and it is already known what man is. He is not able to win in court against one who is stronger than he is.
6:11 Yes, the more words, the more vapor. What advantage does a man have?
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