Ecclesiastes · Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 6 Darby Translation
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1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
2 one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.
2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 If a man beget a hundred [sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;
4 For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
5 moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
6 Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
9 Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
10 That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
11 For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 5:13
- 2 Ecclesiastes 5:19; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 73:7; Lamentations 5:2; 1 Kings 3:13
- 3 Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:3; 2 Kings 9:35; Jeremiah 22:19; Genesis 47:9
- 4 Psalm 109:13
- 5 Psalm 90:7–9; Job 14:1; Psalm 58:8; Job 3:10–13
- 6 Ecclesiastes 3:20; Hebrews 9:27; Job 30:23; Job 1:21; Job 7:7
- 7 John 6:27; Proverbs 16:26; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; Matthew 6:25; Ecclesiastes 5:10
- 8 Proverbs 19:1; Ecclesiastes 2:14–16; Psalm 116:9; Psalm 101:2; Ecclesiastes 5:11
- 9 Ecclesiastes 1:14; Job 31:7; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 2:11
- 10 Job 9:32; Isaiah 45:9–10; Job 40:2; Romans 9:19–20; Genesis 3:17–19
- 11 Ecclesiastes 4:16; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Hosea 12:1; Ecclesiastes 2:3–11; Ecclesiastes 4:1–4
- 12 James 4:14; Job 14:2; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Psalm 144:4; Lamentations 3:24–27
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