King James Bible, 1611 [1611], THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall C&obar;mandement Appointed to be read in Churches (Imprinted... by Robert Barker [etc.], London) [word count] [B10000].
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CHAP. VI.
1 The vanitie of riches without vse. 3 Of children,
6 and old age without riches. 9 The
vanitie of sight and wandring desires. 11
The conclusion of vanities.
1
There is an euill which I
haue seen vnder the Sun,
and it is common among
men:
2
A man to whom God
hath giuen riches, wealth and honour,
so that he wanteth nothing for his soule
of all that he desireth, yet God giueth
him not power to eate thereof, but a
stranger eateth it: This is vanitie, and
it is an euill disease.
3
¶ If a man beget an hundred children,
and liue many yeeres, so that the
dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his
soule be not filled with good, and also
that he haue no buriall, I say, that an
vntimely birth is better then he.
4
For he commeth in with vanitie,
and departeth in darkenesse, and his
name shall be couered with darkenesse.
5
Moreouer hee hath not seene the
Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath
more rest then the other.
6
¶ Yea though he liue a thousand
yeeres twice told, yet hath he seene no
good: Doe not all goe to one place?
7
All the labour of man is for his
mouth, and yet the note appetite is not
filled.
8
For what hath the wise more then
the foole? what hath the poore, that
knoweth to walke before the liuing?
9
¶ Better is the sight of the eyes,
note then the wandering of the desire: this
is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
10
That which hath bene, is named
already, and it is knowen that it is man:
neither may he contend with him that
is mightier then he.
11
¶ Seeing there be many things
that increase vanitie, what is man the
better?
12
For who knoweth what is good
for man in this life, note all the dayes of his
vaine life, which he spendeth as note a shadow?
for who can tell a man what shal
be after him vnder the sunne?
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King James Bible, 1611 [1611], THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall C&obar;mandement Appointed to be read in Churches (Imprinted... by Robert Barker [etc.], London) [word count] [B10000].
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