Ecclesiastes 6 : 1 (NCV)
I have seen something else wrong here on earth that causes serious problems for people.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 2 (NCV)
God gives great wealth, riches, and honor to some people; they have everything they want. But God does not let them enjoy such things; a stranger enjoys them instead. This is useless and very wrong.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 3 (NCV)
A man might have a hundred children and live a long time, but what good is it if he can't enjoy the good God gives him or have a proper burial? I say a baby born dead is better off than he is.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 4 (NCV)
A baby born dead is useless. It returns to darkness without even a name.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 5 (NCV)
That baby never saw the sun and never knew anything, but it finds more rest than that man.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 6 (NCV)
Even if he lives two thousand years, he doesn't enjoy the good God gives him. Everyone is going to the same place.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 7 (NCV)
People work just to feed themselves, but they never seem to get enough to eat.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 8 (NCV)
In this way a wise person is no better off than a fool. Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 9 (NCV)
It is better to see what you have than to want more. Wanting more is useless -- like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 10 (NCV)
Whatever happens was planned long ago. Everyone knows what people are like. No one can argue with God, who is stronger than anyone.
Ecclesiastes 6 : 11 (NCV)
The more you say, the more useless it is. What good does it do?
Ecclesiastes 6 : 12 (NCV)
People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?
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