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1Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind.
2God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it—instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This is vanity—indeed, it is a grievous ill!
3Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart is not satisfied with his prosperity and he does not receive a proper burial, I deem the stillborn better than him.[#Or “his soul”; #Literally “the good”; #Literally “and also there is no burial for him”]
4For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
5He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.
6Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy prosperity, both suffer the same fate![#Hebrew “he”; #Hebrew “and”; #Literally “good”; #Literally “are not the all going to the same place?”]
7All of a man’s toil is for his mouth—
8So do the wise really have an advantage over fools?
9Better to be content with what your eyes see
This also is vanity and chasing wind!
10Whatever is—it was already determined,
As for man, he cannot argue
11Increasing words only multiplies futility,[#Literally “Where there are numerous words, it makes numerous vanity”]
12For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen in the future under the sun?[#Literally “after him”]