Ecclesiastes 6 Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind. ² God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it—instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This is vanity—indeed, it is a grievous ill! ³ Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart* is not satisfied with _⌊his prosperity_⌋* and _⌊he does not receive a proper burial_⌋,* I deem the stillborn better than him. ⁴ For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness. ⁵ He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him. ⁶ Even if a man* lives a thousand years twice, if he* does not enjoy _⌊prosperity_⌋,* _⌊both suffer the same fate_⌋!* ⁷ All of a man's toil is for his mouth— yet his appetite is never satisfied. ⁸ So do the wise really have an advantage over fools? _⌊Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others_⌋?* ⁹ _⌊Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more_⌋.* This also is vanity and chasing wind! ¹⁰ Whatever is—it was already determined, _⌊what will be—it has already been decided_⌋.* As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him. ¹¹ _⌊Increasing words only multiplies futility_⌋,* how does that profit anyone? ¹² For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen _⌊in the future_⌋* under the sun?