Ecclesiastes 6

1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on man:

2There is a man to whom God gives riches, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all that he desires, yet God does not enable him to eat from them, because a foreigner eats them. This is vanity and a grievous sickness.

3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years—however many the days of his years may be—and his appetite is not satisfied with good and he has no burial, I say that the stillborn child is better off than he.

4For it comes in futility and goes in darkness, and its name is covered in darkness.

5Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

6Even if he should live a thousand years twice over and not see good, do not all go to one place?

7All a man's labor is for his mouth, yet even his appetite is not filled.

8For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

9What the eyes see is better than a wandering appetite; this too is vapor and a chasing after wind.

10Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is; and he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

11For there are many words that increase futility; what advantage is there for man?

12For who knows what is good for man in life, during the number of the days of his fleeting life, which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?