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Ecclesiastes 5 ~ 6

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5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one higher official watches over another high official, and there are higher officials over them. Compare
5:9And a king who cultivates the field is always an advantage for a land. Compare
5:10He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with income. This also is vanity. Compare
5:11When goods increase, those who eat them increase; so what advantage do their owners have except to see them with their eyes? Compare
5:12Sweet is the sleep of the laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep. Compare
5:13There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his own hurt, Compare
5:14And those riches were lost in a bad venture; and having begotten a son, he had nothing in his hand. Compare
5:15As he came forth from his mother's womb, he will return naked as he came; and he will take nothing of his labor that he may carry in his hand. Compare
5:16And this also is a grievous evil: in all points, as he came, so will he go; so what is the advantage to him who has labored for the wind? Compare
5:17Throughout all his days he also eats in darkness and has much vexation and sickness and resentment. Compare
5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and what is pleasant: to eat and to drink and to taste enjoyment in all his labor by which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life, which God has given him; for this is his portion. Compare
5:19Moreover, for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has empowered him to eat of them and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labor-this is the gift of God. Compare
5:20For he will not brood much over the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart. Compare
6:1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon man: Compare
6:2A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that nothing is lacking to his soul of all that he desires, and yet God does not empower him to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity and an evil plague. Compare
6:3If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good and even does not get a proper burial, I say that the stillborn is better off than he; Compare
6:4For it comes in vanity and goes off in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered; Compare
6:5Moreover it has not seen the sun and does not know anything; this one has rest rather than that one. Compare
6:6Indeed, even if he lives a thousand years twice and does not taste enjoyment, do not all go to one place? Compare
6:7All a man's labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not filled. Compare
6:8For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to walk before the living? Compare
6:9Better is seeing with the eyes than wandering with the soul. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Compare
6:10That which is has already been determined, and it is known what man is and that he cannot contend with him who is stronger than he. Compare
6:11For there are many things which will increase vanity. What is the advantage to man? Compare
6:12For who knows what is good for a man in life during the few days of his vain life, which he will spend as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? Compare

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