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There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.
Wealth Is Not the Goal of Life
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn’t give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless — a sickening tragedy.
A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn’t even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.
His birth would have been meaningless, and he would have ended in darkness. He wouldn’t even have had a name,
for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
and he would never have seen the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would have had more peace than in growing up to be an unhappy man.
Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,
He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else — well, what’s the use?
even if he lives a thousand years twice — but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?
All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.
All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?
For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless — like chasing the wind.
The Future — Determined and Unknown
Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there’s no use arguing with God about your destiny.
Whatever one is, he has been named already,
For it is known that he is man;
And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
For it is known that he is man;
And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they?
Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?
How is man the better?
In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?