1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and itis common among men;
2 a man to whom God giveth riches and wealth and glory, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he can desire; but God granteth him not a power to eat thereof. In as much as a stranger is to devour it, this is vanity and grievous infirmity.
3 Though a man should beget a hundred children and live many years, if during that multitude of years which his days shall continue, his soul shall not be satisfied with an enjoyment of good, and he hath got no burying place, I conclude that an Abortive is better than he.
4 Grant that it came in vanity and goeth away in darkness; with darkness also his name shall be covered!
5 It indeed never saw the light; and he never knew rest: it hath an advantage over him
6 though he had lived the revolutions of a thousand years, if he never enjoyed good. Do not all go to one place?
7 All the labour of a man is for the mouth; yet the appetite will not be satisfied:
8 here then a wise man hath the advantage over a fool; since the poor man knoweth that to pass through life,
9 what he sees with the eyes is better for him than to be wandering after appetite, which is indeed vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 Whatever hath been is now called by its name, and it is known what man is who cannot contend with one who is stronger than he.
11 Since there are many arguments to prove the abundance of vanity; is there any one thing better than another for man?
12 Doth any one know what is good for man in this life? All the days of his life of vanity he hath indeed done these things under a shade; is there any who can tell him what will be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 6 Cross References - Thomson
Genesis 3:9
9 And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, "Adam, where art thou?"
Genesis 3:17-19
17 And to Adam he said, "Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which alone I commanded thee not to eat, the ground is cursed by thy labours. With sorrows thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life.
18 Thorns and thistles it shall cause to spring up for thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.
19 By the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread until thou return into the earth out of which thou wast taken; for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return."
Genesis 5:5
5 So all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
Genesis 5:23-24
Genesis 17:1
1 And when Abram was ninety nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am thy God. Be well pleasing in my sight, and be blameless
Genesis 33:5
5 And when Esau looked up and saw the women and the children he said, What! Are these thine! To which Jacob replied, These are the children with which God hath favoured thy servant.
Genesis 47:9
9 And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the life of my fathers which they sojourned.
Deuteronomy 8:7-10
7 For the Lord thy God will bring thee to a good, and extensive land, where there are brooks of water, and fountains from the deeps, issuing forth from the plains, and from the hills;
8 a land of wheat, and barley, where there are vineyards, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil-olive and honey;
9 a land wherein thou shalt eat bread, without scarcity, and in which thou shalt not want any thing; a land, the stones of which are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou shalt dig brass.
10 Therefore when thou hast eaten, and art satisfied, thou shalt bless the Lord thy God in that good land, which he hath given thee.
Deuteronomy 28:33
33 A nation, which thou knowest not will eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured, and oppressed continually
Deuteronomy 28:43
43 The stranger who is with thee shall rise higher and higher; but thou shalt fall lower and lower.
Judges 18:10
10 And when you go, you will come upon a people living in security, though it is a large country; for God hath delivered it into your hands. It is a place where there is no want of any thing on earth.
1 Samuel 2:20-21
20 Now Eli had blessed Elkana, and his wife saying, The Lord grant thee seed from this woman in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord. And when the man returned to his place
21 the Lord visited Anna, and she bore three sons more, and two daughters. But the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.
1 Kings 3:13
13 Moreover I have given thee what thou didst not ask, riches and glory; so that there hath not been among kings a man like thee.
2 Kings 9:35
35 But when they went out to bury her and found nothing of her but only the scull and the feet and the palms of the hands,
2 Kings 10:1
1 Now Achab had seventy sons in Samaria, therefore Jehu wrote a letter and sent it to Samaria to the chiefs of Samaria and to the elders and to them who had the charge of bringing up Achab's sons, saying,
1 Chronicles 28:5
5 so in preference to all my sons, for the Lord hath given me many sons, he hath made choice of my son Solomon, to set him on the throne of the Lord's kingdom, over Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:15
15 For we before thee are strangers and sojourners as all our fathers were. Our days on earth are like a shadow and there is no fixed abiding.
1 Chronicles 29:25
25 and the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as no king had before him.
1 Chronicles 29:28
28 he died at a good old age, full of days, riches and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 1:11
11 And God said to Solomon, Because this hath been in thy heart; and thou hast not asked wealth nor glory nor the life of thy enemies; nor even asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and understanding that thou mayst judge my people over whom I have made thee king:
2 Chronicles 11:21
21 And Roboam loved Maacha, daughter of Abessalom, more than all his wives and concubines, [for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and by them he had twenty eight sons and sixty daughters;]
Esther 5:11
11 and having displayed to them his riches and the honour which the king had conferred on him; how he had promoted him to the highest rank and made him ruler of the kingdom,
Esther 7:10
10 So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger was appeased.
Esther 9:14-15
Job 1:21
21 and said, Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall depart hence. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. As it pleased the Lord so hath it come to pass. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 3:10-13
10 because it shut not up the door of my mother's womb: for that would have removed sorrow from mine eyes:
11 for why did I not end my days in the womb? Or when I came forth from the belly why did I not instantly perish?
12 Why was I dandled upon the knees? And why have I sucked the breasts?
13 I might now have lain still and been quiet; I might have gone to sleep and been at rest;
Job 3:16
16 or like an untimely birth sent forth from its mother's womb: or like infants which never saw the light.
Job 7:7
7 Remember therefore that my life is but a breath; and that mine eyes shall never return again to see good.
Job 8:9
9 [for we are but of yesterday and know nothing; for our life on the earth is but a shadow]
Job 9:3-4
Job 9:32
32 For thou art not a man as I am, with whom I can contend; that we may come together to a trial.
Job 14:1
1 He who is born of a woman waxeth old like a leathern bag: or like a garment which is moth eaten; for he is mortal, short lived and full of disquiet:
Job 14:1-4
Job 14:2
Job 14:21
21 And though his children be multiplied, he knoweth it not: and if they become few in number, he doth not perceive it.
Job 21:9-15
9 Their houses flourish and they have no dread; and a scourge from the Lord is not upon them.
10 Their kine bring not forth untimely births, but go their time safely, and cast not their calves.
11 They abide continually like a flock, and their little ones frolick about them.
12 They take up the psaltery and kithara, and are charmed with the sound of the song;
13 and having spent their life in festivity, they are composed to rest in the peaceful grave.
14 Yet he saith to the Lord, Depart from me, I desire not to know thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him?
Job 30:23
23 For I know that death will destroy me: for earth is the house for every mortal.
Job 31:7
7 If my foot hath deviated from the way or my heart gone astray after mine eyes; or if with my hands I have touched bribes:
Job 33:13
13 And dost thou say, Why in my trial, hath he not hearkened to me on every matter?
Job 40:2
2 1 Doth he decline a trial with the Almighty? Surely he who commenceth a suit against God, should support it.
Psalms 4:6-7
6 Many say, Who will shew us good things? On us, Lord, is marked the light of thy countenance:
Psalms 4:6
Psalms 16:5
5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he who restoreth me mine inheritance.
Psalms 17:14
14 from thine enemies hand Dismiss them, Lord, from the land: disperse them in their life time. Though their belly was filled with thy stores; they glutted themselves with swine's flesh, and left the relicks for their children.
15 But as for me, let me appear righteous before thee; let me be satisfied with a display of thy glory.
Psalms 34:12
12 What man soever desireth life and loveth to see good days:
Psalms 39:5-6
Psalms 39:6-6
6 Man indeed walketh about as an image; still he troubleth himself in vain. He heapeth up treasures and knoweth not for whom he is to gather them.
Psalms 47:4
4 He hath chosen for us his inheritance the excellency of Jacob which he loved.
Psalms 58:8
8 Like melting wax they shall be dissolved. A fire fell and they saw not the sun.
Psalms 73:6
Psalms 82:6-7
Psalms 89:47
47 Remember what my being is. Hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
Psalms 90:7-9
7 Because we have fallen short by thine anger, and by thine indignation have been troubled;
8 thou hast placed our iniquities before thee: let this age of ours be for the light of thy countenance.
9 Because all our days have fallen short; and we have failed by thine indignation; our years have exercised themselves like a spider.
10 The days of these years of ours are seventy years: and if by reason of strength they be eighty years; still the surplus of them is labour and sorrow. Because gentleness hath come upon us: let us, therefore,
11 whoever knoweth the power of thine anger, be taught, on the account of the terror of thy wrath,
12 so to number them. Thus make known thy right hand; and them whose hearts are instructed in wisdom.
Psalms 101:2
2 I will conduct myself wisely in a perfect way; when wilt thou come to me? I have walked in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my household.
Psalms 102:11
11 My days have flitted away like a shadow; and I am withered like mown grass.
Psalms 103:15
15 As for man, his days are like grass; like a flower of the field, so he may bloom.
Psalms 109:13
13 Let his children be for destruction; In one generation let his name be blotted out.
Psalms 109:23
23 Like a declining shadow I have glided away; I have been shaken off like locusts.
Psalms 116:9
9 I will worship before the Lord in the land of the living. Alleluia!
Psalms 127:4-5
Psalms 144:4
4 Man is like vanity, his days glide away like a shadow.
Proverbs 16:26
26 A man by labour laboureth for himself; and wardeth off his own destruction.
Proverbs 17:6
6 Children's children are the crown of old men: and the boast of children, is their fathers. Every ornament of wealth belongeth to the faithful; but to the unfaithful, not a farthing.
Proverbs 19:1
1 [Omitted]
Proverbs 30:15-16
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:6-9
6 Rising there he marcheth southward, then wheeleth about to the north. The wind wheeleth in circuits, and in its circuits it returneth.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not filled. To the place whence the rivers come, thither they return to continue their course.
8 All these considerations are wearisome. Man cannot recount them: nor can the eye be satisfied with seeing; nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 What is that which hath been? The very same which shall be. And what is that which hath been done? The very same which shall be done: for there is nothing entirely new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-9
9 What is that which hath been? The very same which shall be. And what is that which hath been done? The very same which shall be done: for there is nothing entirely new under the sun.
10 Who can speak and say, Behold this is entirely new. It hath been already in the ages past which were before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things: and of those things which shall happen hereafter, there will be no remembrance among them who shall be born at a remote period.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
14 I took a view of all the different sorts of work which are done under the sun. And behold they are all vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
Ecclesiastes 2:3-11
3 Now I had examined whether my mind could lead my flesh to wine; and my mind had led it with wisdom, retaining a command over pleasure, until I should see of what sort that good is, which the sons of men are to pursue under the sun, all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
3 Now I had examined whether my mind could lead my flesh to wine; and my mind had led it with wisdom, retaining a command over pleasure, until I should see of what sort that good is, which the sons of men are to pursue under the sun, all the days of their life.
4 I enlarged my plan of operations. I built me houses. I planted me vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
Ecclesiastes 2:5-11
Ecclesiastes 2:6-11
Ecclesiastes 2:7-11
7 I purchased men servants and maid servants; and had servants born in my family. And my stock of herds and flocks was great above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 I collected also for myself silver and gold and the choicest treasures of kings and countries. I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men; a butler and the requisites to entertainments.
Ecclesiastes 2:8-11
8 I collected also for myself silver and gold and the choicest treasures of kings and countries. I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men; a butler and the requisites to entertainments.
9 And I was great and surpassed all who had been before me in Jerusalem; and still my wisdom continued with me.
Ecclesiastes 2:9-11
9 And I was great and surpassed all who had been before me in Jerusalem; and still my wisdom continued with me.
10 And whatever mine eyes desired I withheld not from them, nor did I restrain my heart from all my pleasure. Because my heart had been gladdened with all my labour, [now this was my portion from all my labour]
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
10 And whatever mine eyes desired I withheld not from them, nor did I restrain my heart from all my pleasure. Because my heart had been gladdened with all my labour, [now this was my portion from all my labour]
11 therefore I looked back on all the works which my hands had done, and on the labour with which I had toiled to execute them; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there is no lasting advantage under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:11-11
11 therefore I looked back on all the works which my hands had done, and on the labour with which I had toiled to execute them; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there is no lasting advantage under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. Nevertheless I knew that one event will happen to them all.
15 Therefore I said in my heart, As the same event will happen to me as happeneth to the fool, why have I studied wisdom? Why communed abundantly with my heart? Because even this is vanity; [since out of an abundance the fool speaketh]
16 because there is no remembrance forever of the wise man more than of the fool [seeing the days are now coming when all shall be for gotten and the wise must die as well as the fool]
Ecclesiastes 2:22-24
22 That such is the case with another man by all his labours and the vexation of his heart with which he toileth under the sun,
23 that all his days are days of sorrow and his employment grief, and even at night his heart hath no rest. Surely this is vanity.
24 [a] Hath not a man something good which he can eat and drink and which he can point out to his soul as a good by his labour? [b] With respect to that I saw indeed that even this is from the hand of God;
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
Ecclesiastes 3:15
15 What hath been is now; and what are to be have already been; and God will find out him who is persecuted:
Ecclesiastes 3:19
19 that at least which befalleth man, befalleth them; and that which befalleth the beast befalleth man. The same event happeneth to both. As the one dieth, so doth the other. And they have all one breath. What advantage then hath man over the beast? None: for all are vanity.
20 They are all for one place. They were all from dust: and to dust they shall all return.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
22 So I saw that there is nothing good in the works of man, but that by which he can be made glad; for that is his portion, for who will bring him to see what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
1 Then I turned and took a view of all the different sorts of oppression under the sun; and behold the tear of the oppressed and they have no comforter. Though from the hand of oppressors some have relief; yet others have no comforter.
2 Therefore I praised the whole body of the dead; those who were already dead, above the living; those who are still alive:
3 but better than both is he who hath never been; who hath not seen all the evil work which is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3-4
3 but better than both is he who hath never been; who hath not seen all the evil work which is done under the sun.
4 In the review of labour in general, I took a view in particular of manly exertion in executing. Because this causeth a man to be envied by his neighbour, this therefore is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4-4
4 In the review of labour in general, I took a view in particular of manly exertion in executing. Because this causeth a man to be envied by his neighbour, this therefore is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
8 Here is a single individual who hath no second; at least he hath neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labour. His eye is not satisfied with riches, yet doth he say, For whom do I labour and deprive my soul of good? Surely this is vanity and a sore vexation.
Ecclesiastes 4:16
16 There is no end of all the people; of all who resorted to them. Yet they who come last will have no joy in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
7 because it was with a multitude of dreams and vanities, and many words that thou fearest God.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
10 A lover of silver cannot be satisfied with silver; but did any one ever love what the abundance of this produceth? Surely this is vanity.
11 By an abundance of wealth they who consume it are multiplied. And what is the mighty advantage of the owner from it? That he hath the first sight of it with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:13
13 There is a weakness which I have seen under the sun: riches kept by one for his descendant to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
16 Surely this a grievous weakness; for as he came, so he must depart. What then is his lasting advantage, for which he laboureth in vain;
17 and for which all his days are in darkness and mourning, and much grief and weakness and repining?
18 Behold I have seen a good which is comely, namely to eat and drink, and to have a good enjoyment in all the labour with which one toileth under the sun, the number of the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
18 Behold I have seen a good which is comely, namely to eat and drink, and to have a good enjoyment in all the labour with which one toileth under the sun, the number of the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
19 And every man indeed to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, hath by means of his being made glad in his labour, this further gift of God,
Ecclesiastes 5:19-19
19 And every man indeed to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, hath by means of his being made glad in his labour, this further gift of God,
Ecclesiastes 6:2
2 a man to whom God giveth riches and wealth and glory, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he can desire; but God granteth him not a power to eat thereof. In as much as a stranger is to devour it, this is vanity and grievous infirmity.
3 Though a man should beget a hundred children and live many years, if during that multitude of years which his days shall continue, his soul shall not be satisfied with an enjoyment of good, and he hath got no burying place, I conclude that an Abortive is better than he.
Ecclesiastes 8:7
7 because none knoweth what may happen, who can tell him what may come to pass?
Ecclesiastes 8:13
13 and that it cannot be well with the wicked; and that he who is not awed by the presence of God cannot prolong his days at ease;
Ecclesiastes 9:6
6 and their love and their hatred and their envy are already perished and they have no more forever a portion in any thing done under the sun;
Ecclesiastes 11:9
9 rejoice then, young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart spotless and not by the sight of thine eyes, and know that for all these things God will bring thee to judgment.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
7 and dust return to dust as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it;
Ecclesiastes 12:13
13 As a conclusion of the discourse, hear thou the whole sum and substance: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this conclusion every man should draw,
Isaiah 14:19-20
19 But thou shalt be cast out on the mountains, like an abominable corse, with dying crouds, pierced with the sword, descending down to the mansion of the dead.
20 As a mantle stained with blood cannot be clean; for the same cause neither canst thou be clean. Because thou hast destroyed this land of mine, and hast slain this my people; thou shalt not be of long continuance. Wicked seed,
Isaiah 45:9-10
9 Is any thing endowed with excellence? I fashioned it like the clay of a potter. Will the ploughman plough the ground all the day long? Will the clay say to the potter, "What art thou making?" Or the work to the Workman, "Thou hast not hands"" Will the thing formed reply against him who formed it?
10 Will one say to his father, What wilt thou beget? Or to his mother, What art thou bringing forth?
Isaiah 65:20
20 Nor shall there any more be there an untimely birth, nor an old man, who shall not complete his term. For he who is a hundred years old shall be young; and the sinner, who dieth at a hundred years, shall be deemed accursed.
Isaiah 65:22
22 They shall not build, and others inhabit: nor shall they plant and others eat: for according to the days of the tree of that life, shall be the days of this my people: for they shall wear out the works of their toils.
Jeremiah 2:20
20 Further, I have no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God, because of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and said, I will not serve thee; but I will go up every high mount: and under every shady tree, I will there indulge my wantonness.
Jeremiah 8:2
2 and expose them to the sun and moon and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven which they loved and served, and after which they went and to which they were attached, and to which they bowed down. They shall not be lamented nor buried; but shall be for a spectacle, on the face of the earth
Jeremiah 17:6
6 He shall be like the wild myrtle in the desert. He shall not see when good cometh; but shall dwell in parched places and in a desert-in a salt land which is uninhabited.
Jeremiah 22:19
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; being blotted out he shall be cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 36:30
30 therefore thus said the Lord respecting Joakim king of Juda, He shall not have one to sit on the throne of David; and his carcass shall be exposed to the heat of the day and to the frost of the night:
Jeremiah 49:19
19 Behold they shall be like the lion which must go up from the swelling of Jordan to Aitham. For I will speedily drive them from that place. Therefore set ye chosen warriors against it.
Lamentations 3:24-27
Lamentations 5:2
2 and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is transferred to strangers; our houses to foreigners.
Daniel 5:18
18 O king, God, the Most High gave to Nabuchodonosar thy father this kingdom and majesty and glory and honour.
Hosea 7:9
9 Strangers devoured his strength and he did not know it; grey hairs grew upon him and he did not perceive it.
Hosea 12:1
1 But this Ephraim is an evil spirit, he pursued a blasting wind the whole day. He multiplied emptiness and vanity. Though he made a covenant with the Assyrians, yet oil went continually to Egypt.
Micah 6:8
8 [Balaam.] "Must thou, man, be told what is good? What doth the Lord require from thee, but to do justice and to love mercy, and to be prepared to walk with the Lord thy God?"
Matthew 6:25
25 Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body, than raiment?
Matthew 26:24
24 The son of man goeth indeed as it is written of him. But alas for that man by whom the son of man is delivered up. Good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Luke 1:6
6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and precepts of the Lord, without blame.
Luke 12:19-20
19 And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful.
Luke 12:19
John 6:27
27 Labour not to procure the food which perisheth, but the food which endureth for an everlasting life, which the son of man will give you; for him the Father, namely God, hath sealed.
Romans 9:19-20
1 Timothy 6:6-8
1 Timothy 6:17
17 Charge them who are rich in this present state not to be high minded; not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who imparteth to us richly all things for enjoyment;
Hebrews 9:27
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that there is a judgment;
James 4:14
14 when you do not know what will be the result of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and then vanisheth.