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1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant Alex. epi, upon with man:
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1. There is H3426 an evil H7451 which H834 I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 , and it H1931 is common H7227 among H5921 men H120 :
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2. a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
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2. A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches H6239 , wealth H5233 , and honor H3519 , so that he wanteth H2638 nothing H369 for his soul H5315 of all H4480 H3605 that H834 he desireth H183 , yet God H430 giveth him not power H7980 H3808 to eat H398 thereof H4480 , but H3588 a stranger H376 H5237 eateth H398 it: this H2088 is vanity H1892 , and it H1931 is an evil H7451 disease H2483 .
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3. If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet if his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
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3. If H518 a man H376 beget H3205 a hundred H3967 children , and live H2421 many H7227 years H8141 , so that the days H3117 of his years H8141 be H7945 H1961 many H7227 , and his soul H5315 be not H3808 filled H7646 with H4480 good H2896 , and also H1571 that he have H1961 no H3808 burial H6900 ; I say H559 , that an untimely birth H5309 is better H2896 than H4480 he.
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4. For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.
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4. For H3588 he cometh H935 in with vanity H1892 , and departeth H1980 in darkness H2822 , and his name H8034 shall be covered H3680 with darkness H2822 .
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5. Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is no more rest to this one than another.
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5. Moreover H1571 he hath not H3808 seen H7200 the sun H8121 , nor H3808 known H3045 any thing : this H2088 hath more rest H5183 than the other H4480 H2088 .
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6. Alex. begins the verse thus, kai ei ezhse, and if he has lived, etc. Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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6. Yea H432 , though he live H2421 a thousand H505 years H8141 twice H6471 told , yet hath he seen H7200 no H3808 good H2896 : do not H3808 all H3605 go H1980 to H413 one H259 place H4725 ?
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7. All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
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7. All H3605 the labor H5999 of man H120 is for his mouth H6310 , and yet H1571 the appetite H5315 is not H3808 filled H4390 .
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8. For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, since even the poor knows how to walk Gr. before the face of in the direction of life?
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8. For H3588 what H4100 hath the wise H2450 more H3148 than H4480 the fool H3684 ? what H4100 hath the poor H6041 , that knoweth H3045 to walk H1980 before H5048 the living H2416 ?
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9. The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
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9. Better H2896 is the sight H4758 of the eyes H5869 than the wandering H4480 H1980 of the desire H5315 : this H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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10. If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
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10. That H4100 which hath been H7945 H1961 is named H7121 H8034 already H3528 , and it is known H3045 that H834 it H1931 is man H120 : neither H3808 may H3201 he contend H1777 with H5973 him that is mightier H7945 H8623 than H4480 he.
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11. For there are many things which increase vanity.
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11. Seeing H3588 there be H3426 many H7235 things H1697 that increase H7235 vanity H1892 , what H4100 is man H120 the better H3148 ?
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