1 GLT There is a misfortune that I have seen under the sun and it{ is} great on humanity: BSB BSB: There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
2 GLT a person who God gives to him wealth and possessions and honor, and he has no lack for his soul from all that he desires, but God does not enable him to eat from it; instead, a foreign person will eat it— this{ is} vapor and it{ is} a sickening misfortune. BSB BSB: God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
3 GLT If a person should father a hundred{ children} and he should live many years and{ however} many that the days of his years may be, but his soul is not satisfied from the good{ thing}(and also a burial place is not for him), I said,“Better than him{ is} the stillborn child.” BSB BSB: A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
4 GLT For in vapor it came and in the darkness it will go and in the darkness its name will be covered. BSB BSB: For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
5 GLT Even{ the} sun it did not see, nor did it know.{ More} rest{ belongs} to this one than this one. BSB BSB: The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
6 GLT And if he lived a thousand years twice over, but a good{ thing} he did not see— are not both going to one place? BSB BSB: even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
7 GLT All the toil of humanity{ is} for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled. BSB BSB: All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 GLT For what advantage{ exists} for the wise over the fool? What{ advantage}{ exists} for the poor person that knows{ how} to walk before the living? BSB BSB: What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
9 GLT Better{ is} a sight of{ the} eyes than the walking of{ the} soul. Also this{ is} vapor and striving{ after} wind. BSB BSB: Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
10 GLT Whoever that was, already his name has been called, and it is known that he{ is} a human being. But he is not able to strive with who is more powerful than he. BSB BSB: Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
11 GLT For there are many words{ that} are increasingly vaporous— what{ is the} advantage for humanity? BSB BSB: For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
12 GLT For who is knowing what{ is} good for humanity in life{ during} the number of the days of his vaporous life? And he makes them like the shadow. For who will declare to humanity what will be after him under the sun? BSB BSB: For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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