1 There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" an|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3426" seen|strong="H7200" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" heavy|strong="H7451" upon|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7451":
2 a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" giveth|strong="H5414" riches|strong="H6239", wealth|strong="H6239", and|strong="H6239" honour|strong="H3519", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" lacketh|strong="H2638" nothing|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" desireth, yet|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" giveth|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" power|strong="H7980" to|strong="H5414" eat thereof, but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3068" stranger|strong="H5237" eateth it|strong="H5414"; this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892", and|strong="H6239" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2088" an|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" disease|strong="H2483".
3 If|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H5315" beget|strong="H3205" an|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" children|strong="H3205" and|strong="H3967" live|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" years|strong="H8141" be|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227", but|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" soul|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H7646" with|strong="H7646" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H3967" moreover|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" burial|strong="H6900"; I|strong="H3117" say, that|strong="H3117" an|strong="H1961" untimely birth|strong="H3205" is|strong="H5315" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3117":
4 for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" cometh in|strong="H3212" vanity|strong="H1892", and|strong="H3212" departeth|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" darkness|strong="H2822", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034" thereof|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3212" darkness|strong="H2822";
5 moreover|strong="H1571" it|strong="H7200" hath|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121" nor|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" it|strong="H7200"; this|strong="H2088" hath|strong="H3045" rest|strong="H5183" rather|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H2088":
6 yea, though he|strong="H3605" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H3068" thousand years|strong="H8141" twice|strong="H6471" told, and|strong="H1980" yet|strong="H3808" enjoy|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896": do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" one|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725"?
7 All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" labour|strong="H5999" of|strong="H4390" man|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H6310" yet|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" appetite|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H4390".
8 For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" advantage|strong="H3148" hath|strong="H2416" the|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H2450" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" fool|strong="H3684"? or what|strong="H4100" hath|strong="H2416" the|strong="H3588" poor|strong="H6041" man|strong="H2450", that|strong="H3588" knoweth|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416"?
9 Better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1571" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H1571" eyes|strong="H5869" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H1571" wandering|strong="H1980" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H1571" desire|strong="H5315": this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3068" striving|strong="H7469" after|strong="H7469" wind|strong="H7307".
10 Whatsoever hath|strong="H3045" been|strong="H1961", the|strong="H4480" name|strong="H8034" thereof|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" given|strong="H7121" long|strong="H4100" ago, and|strong="H3045" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" known|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" man|strong="H3045": neither|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3201" he|strong="H1931" contend|strong="H1777" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1931" mightier than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931".
11 Seeing|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" be|strong="H3426" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" increase|strong="H7235" vanity|strong="H1892", what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3426" man the|strong="H3588" better|strong="H3148"?
12 For|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" knoweth|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4310" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2896" in|strong="H6213" his life|strong="H2416", all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3045" vain|strong="H1892" life|strong="H2416" which|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3588" spendeth|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3068" shadow|strong="H6738"? for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H2896" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5046" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3588" sun|strong="H8121"?