There isH3426 an evilH7451 which I have seenH7200 under the sunH8121, and it is commonH7227 among menH120:
A manH376 to whom GodH430 hath givenH5414 richesH6239, wealthH5233, and honourH3519, so that he wantethH2638 nothing for his soulH5315 of all that he desirethH183, yet GodH430 giveth him not powerH7980 to eatH398 thereof, but a strangerH376+H5237 eatethH398 it: this is vanityH1892, and it is an evilH7451 diseaseH2483.
If a manH376 begetH3205 an hundredH3967 children, and liveH2421 manyH7227 yearsH8141, so that the daysH3117 of his yearsH8141 be manyH7227, and his soulH5315 be not filledH7646 with goodH2896, and also that he have no burialH6900; I sayH559, that an untimely birthH5309 is betterH2896 than he.
For he comethH935 in with vanityH1892, and departethH3212 in darknessH2822, and his nameH8034 shall be coveredH3680 with darknessH2822.
Moreover he hath not seenH7200 the sunH8121, nor knownH3045 any thing: thisH2088 hath more restH5183 thanH2088 the other.
Yea, thoughH432 he liveH2421 a thousandH505 yearsH8141 twiceH6471 told, yet hath he seenH7200 no goodH2896: do not all goH1980 to oneH259 placeH4725?
All the labourH5999 of manH120 is for his mouthH6310, and yet the appetiteH5315 is not filledH4390. {appetite: Heb. soul}
For what hath the wiseH2450 moreH3148 than the foolH3684? what hath the poorH6041, that knowethH3045 to walkH1980 before the livingH2416?
BetterH2896 is the sightH4758 of the eyesH5869 than the wanderingH1980 of the desireH5315: this is also vanityH1892 and vexationH7469 of spiritH7307. {than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul}
That which hath been is namedH7121+H8034 alreadyH3528, and it is knownH3045 that it is manH120: neither mayH3201 he contendH1777 with him that is mightierH8623 than he.
Seeing there beH3426 manyH7235 thingsH1697 that increaseH7235 vanityH1892, what is manH120 the betterH3148?
For who knowethH3045 what is goodH2896 for manH120 in this lifeH2416, allH4557 the daysH3117 of his vainH1892 lifeH2416 which he spendethH6213 as a shadowH6738? for who can tellH5046 a manH120 what shall be afterH310 him under the sunH8121? {all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}
Querverweise zu Prediger 6,5 Pred 6,5
Because it shut not upH5462 the doorsH1817 of my mother's wombH990, nor hidH5641 sorrowH5999 from mine eyesH5869.
Why diedH4191 I not from the wombH7358? why did I not give up the ghostH1478 when I came outH3318 of the bellyH990?
Why did the kneesH1290 preventH6923 me? or why the breastsH7699 that I should suckH3243?
For now should I have lain stillH7901 and been quietH8252, I should have sleptH3462: then had I been at restH5117,
ManH120 that is bornH3205 of a womanH802 is of fewH7116 daysH3117, and fullH7649 of troubleH7267. {few…: Heb. short of days}
As a snailH7642 which meltethH8557, let every one of them pass awayH1980: like the untimely birthH5309 of a womanH802, that they may not seeH2372 the sunH8121.
For we are consumedH3615 by thine angerH639, and by thy wrathH2534 are we troubledH926.
Thou hast setH7896 our iniquitiesH5771 before thee, our secretH5956 sins in the lightH3974 of thy countenanceH6440.
For all our daysH3117 are passed awayH6437 in thy wrathH5678: we spendH3615 our yearsH8141 as a taleH1899 that is told. {passed…: Heb. turned away} {as a…: or, as a meditation}