EcclesiastesJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareEcclesiastes 6Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Ecclesiastes 1Ecclesiastes 2Ecclesiastes 3Ecclesiastes 4Ecclesiastes 5Ecclesiastes 6Ecclesiastes 7Ecclesiastes 8Ecclesiastes 9Ecclesiastes 10Ecclesiastes 11Ecclesiastes 12›Ecclesiastes 6ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men: 2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery. 3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. 4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten. 5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: 6Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place? 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled. 8What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? 9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. 10He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is a man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself. 11There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. ‹Previous chapterEcclesiastes 5Next chapterEcclesiastes 7›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsEcclesiastes 6 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain