There is{H3426} an evil{H7451} which I have seen{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} and it is heavy{H7227} upon men:{H120}

a man{H376} to whom God{H430} giveth{H5414} riches,{H6239} wealth,{H6239} and honor,{H3519} so that he lacketh{H2638} nothing for his soul{H5315} of all that he desireth,{H183} yet God{H430} giveth him not power{H7980} to eat{H398} thereof, but an alien{H376} eateth{H398} it; this is vanity,{H1892} and it is an evil{H7451} disease.{H2483}

If a man{H376} beget{H3205} a hundred{H3967} children, and live{H2421} many{H7227} years,{H8141} so that the days{H3117} of his years{H8141} are many,{H7227} but his soul{H5315} be not filled{H7646} with good,{H2896} and moreover he have no burial;{H6900} I say,{H559} that an untimely birth{H5309} is better{H2896} than he:

for it cometh{H935} in vanity,{H1892} and departeth{H3212} in darkness,{H2822} and the name{H8034} thereof is covered{H3680} with darkness;{H2822}

moreover it hath not seen{H7200} the sun{H8121} nor known{H3045} it; this{H2088} hath rest{H5183} rather than{H2088} the other:

yea, though{H432} he live{H2421} a thousand{H505} years{H8141} twice{H6471} told, and yet enjoy{H7200} no good,{H2896} do not all go{H1980} to one{H259} place?{H4725}

All the labor{H5999} of man{H120} is for his mouth,{H6310} and yet the appetite{H5315} is not filled.{H4390}

For what advantage hath the wise{H2450} more{H3148} than the fool?{H3684} [or] what hath the poor{H6041} man, that knoweth{H3045} how to walk{H1980} before the living?{H2416}

Better{H2896} is the sight{H4758} of the eyes{H5869} than the wandering{H1980} of the desire:{H5315} this also is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}

Whatsoever hath been, the name{H7121} thereof was given long ago;{H3528} and it is known{H3045} what man{H120} is; neither can{H3201} he contend{H1777} with him that is mightier{H8623} than he.

Seeing there are{H3426} many{H7235} things{H1697} that increase{H7235} vanity,{H1892} what is man{H120} the better?{H3148}

For who knoweth{H3045} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in [his] life,{H2416} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213} as a shadow?{H6738} for who can tell{H5046} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun?{H8121}