EcclesiastesJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareEcclesiastes 6Webster - 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 an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men: 2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease. 3If a man begetteth a hundred [children], and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also [that] he hath no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he. 4For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other. 6Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? 7All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better? 12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? ‹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