Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet meditates on the absurdity of a man to whom God gives great wealth but not the ability to enjoy it — a stranger enjoys it instead. Even a man who lives a thousand years twice over without finding enjoyment, …
Otras traducciones
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to man?
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
Referencias cruzadas
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is …
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured …
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so …
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such …
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This …