Ecclesiastes

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 5:17
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.

 

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 5:18
18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage.

 

[tred]

Ecclesiastes 5:19
19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work - this is a gift of God.

 

[tred]

Ecclesiastes 5:20
20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.

 

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 6:1
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

 

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 6:2
2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

 

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 6:3
3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he ---

 

[Vimi]

Ecclesiastes 6:4

4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:5 "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:6 "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?"

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:7 All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

 

[tred]

Ecclesiastes 6:10
10 Whatever exists has already been named, and what man is has been known; no man can contend with one who is stronger than he.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:11 For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 7:1 A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 7:2 It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

 

[Isatis]

Ecc 7:4 The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.