There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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God gives a man riches, wealth and honor, so that he wants for nothing
and has all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to enjoy it,
but rather a stranger gets to enjoy it. This is vanity, and a grievous ill.
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Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years,
if his soul is not filled with goodness, and no one mourns at his funeral,
I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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For the stillborn comes in vain and departs in darkness,
and his name shall ever remain in darkness.
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Moreover, he has never seen the sun, nor ever known anything.
Therefore, he has greater rest than the living,
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who, though he live two thousand years, does not enjoy goodness.
Do not all go to the same place?
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All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.
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What has the wise man more than the fool?
What does the poor man gain by knowing how to conduct himself in life?
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Better to enjoy what you have than always wanting more.
This also is vanity and vexation of spirit, like chasing wind.
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Everything that happens was already determined,
and what a man is, was already known.
He has no power over the mighty One.
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Since more words and more things only increase the vanity of life,
what is best for man?
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Who knows what is good for man in all the days of his vain life,
through which he passes like a shadow?
Who can tell a man what comes after him under the sun?