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Ecclesiastes 6:6-8
Lexham English Bible

6 Even if a man[a] lives a thousand years twice, if he[b] does not enjoy prosperity,[c] both suffer the same fate![d]

One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has

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?[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Hebrew “he”
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Hebrew “and”
  3. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Literally “good”
  4. Ecclesiastes 6:6 Literally “are not the all going to the same place?”
  5. Ecclesiastes 6:8 Literally “What is there for the poor knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?”
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