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Ecclesiastes 5:18--6:9

Behold [that] which I have seen
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[it is] good
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and comely
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[for one] to eat
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and to drink
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and to enjoy
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the good
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of all his labour
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that he taketh
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under the sun
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all
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the days
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of his life
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which God
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giveth
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him: for it [is] his portion
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{It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

Every man
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also to whom God
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hath given
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riches
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and wealth
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and hath given him power
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to eat
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thereof, and to take
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his portion
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and to rejoice
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in his labour
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this
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[is] the gift
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of God
<0430>_.

For he shall not much
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remember
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the days
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of his life
<02416>_;

because God
<0430>

answereth
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[him] in the joy
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of his heart
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{For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}

There is
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an evil
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which I have seen
<07200> (8804)

under the sun
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and it [is] common
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among men
<0120>_:

A man
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to whom God
<0430>

hath given
<05414> (8799)

riches
<06239>_,

wealth
<05233>_,

and honour
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so that he wanteth
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nothing for his soul
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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>_.

If a man
<0376>

beget
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an hundred
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[children], and live
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many
<07227>

years
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so that the days
<03117>

of his years
<08141>

be many
<07227>_,

and his soul
<05315>

be not filled
<07646> (8799)

with good
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and also [that] he have no burial
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I say
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[that] an untimely birth
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[is] better
<02896>

than he.

For he cometh
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in with vanity
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and departeth
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in darkness
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and his name
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shall be covered
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with darkness
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Moreover he hath not seen
<07200> (8804)

the sun
<08121>_,

nor known
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[any thing]: this
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hath more rest
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than
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the other.

Yea, though
<0432>

he live
<02421> (8804)

a thousand
<0505>

years
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twice
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[told], yet hath he seen
<07200> (8804)

no good
<02896>_:

do not all go
<01980> (8802)

to one
<0259>

place
<04725>_?

All the labour
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of man
<0120>

[is] for his mouth
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and yet the appetite
<05315>

is not filled
<04390> (8735)_.

{appetite: Heb. soul}

For what hath the wise
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more
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than the fool
<03684>_?

what hath the poor
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that knoweth
<03045> (8802)

to walk
<01980> (8800)

before the living
<02416>_?

Better
<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
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of spirit
<07307>_.

{than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

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