Ecclesiastes

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great among men:

A man to whom God has given riches, and wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires; yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.

If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, and the days of his years are many, and his soul is not satisfied from the good, and also there is no burial for him; I say, a miscarriage [is] better than he.

For he comes in with vanity, and goes out in darkness; his name shall be covered in darkness.

Also he has not seen nor known the sun; this [one] has more rest than that [one].

Yea, though he lives twice a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?

All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

For what [is] the advantage to the wise more than the fool? What [advantage is] to the poor who knows [how] to walk before the living?

Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the soul. This [is] also vanity and striving [after] wind.

That which has been [is] named already, and it is known that he [is] man; and he is not able to contend with Him who is stronger than he.

For there are many things that increase vanity, [and] what [is] the advantage to man?

For who knows what [is] good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life? Even he makes them like the shadow. For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?