a man to whom God has (A)given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul (B)lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner [a]enjoys them. This is [b]vanity and a severe affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats from them
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Or futility

For (A)they sow the wind
And they reap the (B)whirlwind.
The standing grain has no [a]heads;
It yields (C)no [b]grain.
Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
  2. Hosea 8:7 Or meal