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Ecclesiastes 6 – King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is H3426 an evil H7451 which H834 I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun, H8121 and H7227➔ it H1931 is common ➔H7227 among H5921 men: H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches, H6239 wealth, H5233 and honour, H3519 so that he H369➔ wanteth H2638 nothing ➔H369 for his soul H5315 of all H3605 that H834 he desireth, H183 yet H3808➔ God H430 giveth him H7980➔ not ➔H3808 power ➔H7980 to eat H398 thereof, H4480 but H3588 a stranger H376 H5237 eateth it: H398 this H2088 is vanity, H1892 and H2483➔ it H1931 is an ➔H2483➔ evil H7451 disease. ➔H2483

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If H518 a man H376 beget H3205 an hundred H3967 children, and H8141➔ live H2421 many H7227 years, ➔H8141 so that H7227➔ the days H3117 of his years H8141 be H1961 many, ➔H7227 and his soul H5315 be H7646➔ not H3808 filled ➔H7646 with H4480 good, H2896 and also H1571 that he have H1961 no H3808 burial; H6900 I say, H559 that an untimely birth H5309 is better H2896 than he. H4480

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - For H3588 he cometh in H935 with vanity, H1892 and H2822➔ departeth H3212 in darkness, ➔H2822 and H2822➔ his name H8034 shall be covered H3680 with darkness. ➔H2822

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - Moreover H1571 he hath H7200➔ not H3808 seen ➔H7200 the sun, H8121 nor H3808 known H3045 any thing: this hath more H2088 rest H5183 than the other. H2088

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - Yea, though H432 he live H2421 a thousand H505 years H8141 twice H6471 told, yet H2896➔ hath he seen H7200 no H3808 good: ➔H2896 do not H3808 all H3605 go H1980 to H413 one H259 place? H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All H3605 the labour H5999 of man H120 is for his mouth, H6310 and yet H1571 the appetite H5315 is H4390➔ not H3808 filled. ➔H4390

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For H3588 what H4100 hath the wise H2450 more H3148 than H4480 the fool? H3684 what H4100 hath the poor, H6041 that knoweth H3045 to walk H1980 before H5048 the living? H2416

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - Better H2896 is the sight H4758 of the eyes H5869 than the wandering H1980 of the desire: H5315 this H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - That which H4100 hath been H1961 is named H7121 H8034 already, H3528 and it is known H3045 that H834 it H1931 is man: H120 neither H3808 may he H3201 contend H1777 with H5973 him that is mightier H8623 than he. H4480

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - Seeing H3588 there be H3426 many H7235 things H1697 that increase H7235 vanity, H1892 what H4100 is man H120 the better? H3148

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For H3588 who H4310 knoweth H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for man H120 in H2416➔ this life, ➔H2416 all H4557 the days H3117 of H2416➔ his vain H1892 life ➔H2416 which he spendeth H6213 as a shadow? H6738 for H834 who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 shall be H1961 after him H310 under H8478 the sun? H8121
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 — Additional Translations:

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