Ecclesiastes 6:2
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a man
- Ecclesiastes 5:19; 1 Kings 3:13; 1 Chronicles 29:25, 28; 2 Chronicles 1:11; Daniel 5:18
- so
- Ecclesiastes 2:4–10; Deuteronomy 8:7–10; Judges 18:10; Job 21:9–15; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 73:7; Luke 12:19, 20
- but
- Deuteronomy 28:33, 43; Psalm 39:6; Lamentations 5:2; Hosea 7:9
- vanity
- Ecclesiastes 4:4, 8; Ecclesiastes 5:16