Dual Panel1There is <03426> an evil <07451> which I have seen <07200> (8804) under the sun <08121>_, and it [is] common <07227> among men <0120>_:
2A man <0376> to whom God <0430> hath given <05414> (8799) riches <06239>_, wealth <05233>_, and honour <03519>_, so that he wanteth <02638> nothing for his soul <05315> of all that he desireth <0183> (8691)_, yet God <0430> giveth him not power <07980> (8686) to eat <0398> (8800) thereof, but a stranger <0376> <05237> eateth <0398> (8799) it: this [is] vanity <01892>_, and it [is] an evil <07451> disease <02483>_.
3If a man <0376> beget <03205> (8686) an hundred <03967> [children], and live <02421> (8799) many <07227> years <08141>_, so that the days <03117> of his years <08141> be many <07227>_, and his soul <05315> be not filled <07646> (8799) with good <02896>_, and also [that] he have no burial <06900>_; I say <0559> (8804)_, [that] an untimely birth <05309> [is] better <02896> than he.
4For he cometh <0935> (8804) in with vanity <01892>_, and departeth <03212> (8799) in darkness <02822>_, and his name <08034> shall be covered <03680> (8792) with darkness <02822>_.
5Moreover he hath not seen <07200> (8804) the sun <08121>_, nor known <03045> (8804) [any thing]: this <02088> hath more rest <05183> than <02088> the other.
6Yea, though <0432> he live <02421> (8804) a thousand <0505> years <08141> twice <06471> [told], yet hath he seen <07200> (8804) no good <02896>_: do not all go <01980> (8802) to one <0259> place <04725>_?
7All the labour <05999> of man <0120> [is] for his mouth <06310>_, and yet the appetite <05315> is not filled <04390> (8735)_. {appetite: Heb. soul}
8For what hath the wise <02450> more <03148> than the fool <03684>_? what hath the poor <06041>_, that knoweth <03045> (8802) to walk <01980> (8800) before the living <02416>_?
9Better <02896> [is] the sight <04758> of the eyes <05869> than the wandering <01980> (8800) of the desire <05315>_: this [is] also vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_. {than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}
10That which hath been is named <07121> (8738) <08034> already <03528>_, and it is known <03045> (8737) that it [is] man <0120>_: neither may <03201> (8799) he contend <01777> (8800) with him that is mightier <08623> than he.
11Seeing there be <03426> many <07235> (8687) things <01697> that increase <07235> (8688) vanity <01892>_, what [is] man <0120> the better <03148>_?
12For who knoweth <03045> (8802) what [is] good <02896> for man <0120> in [this] life <02416>_, all <04557> the days <03117> of his vain <01892> life <02416> which he spendeth <06213> (8799) as a shadow <06738>_? for who can tell <05046> (8686) a man <0120> what shall be after <0310> him under the sun <08121>_? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}