<vn='1'>There <sn="3426">is</s> an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>, and <sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="7227">common</s><sn="5921">among</s><sn="120">men</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="376">man</s> to <sn="834">whom</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s><sn="6239">riches</s>, <sn="5233">wealth</s>, and <sn="3519">honor</s>, so that he <sn="2638">wanteth</s><sn="369">nothing</s> for his <sn="5315">soul</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="183">desireth</s>, yet <sn="430">God</s> giveth him not <sn="7980 3808">power</s> to <sn="398">eat</s><sn="4480">thereof</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> a <sn="376 5237">stranger</s><sn="398">eateth</s> it: <sn="2088">this</s> is <sn="1892">vanity</s>, and <sn="1931">it</s> is an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="2483">disease</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="518">If</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="3205">beget</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> children, and <sn="2421">live</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="8141">years</s>, so that the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="8141">years</s><sn="7945 1961">be</s><sn="7227">many</s>, and his <sn="5315">soul</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7646">filled</s><sn="4480">with</s><sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> that he <sn="1961">have</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="6900">burial</s>; I <sn="559">say</s>, that an untimely <sn="5309">birth</s> is <sn="2896">better</s><sn="4480">than</s> he. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s> he <sn="935">cometh</s> in with <sn="1892">vanity</s>, and <sn="1980">departeth</s> in <sn="2822">darkness</s>, and his <sn="8034">name</s> shall be <sn="3680">covered</s> with <sn="2822">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1571">Moreover</s> he hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">seen</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3045">known</s> any thing: <sn="2088">this</s> hath more <sn="5183">rest</s> than the <sn="4480 2088">other</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="432">Yea</s>, though he <sn="2421">live</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="6471">twice</s> told, yet hath he <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="2896">good</s>: do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="4725">place</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="5999">labor</s> of <sn="120">man</s> is for his <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="1571">yet</s> the <sn="5315">appetite</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4390">filled</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="4100">what</s> hath the <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="3148">more</s><sn="4480">than</s> the <sn="3684">fool</s>? <sn="4100">what</s> hath the <sn="6041">poor</s>, that <sn="3045">knoweth</s> to <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="2416">living</s>? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2896">Better</s> is the <sn="4758">sight</s> of the <sn="5869">eyes</s> than the <sn="4480 1980">wandering</s> of the <sn="5315">desire</s>: <sn="2088">this</s> is <sn="1571">also</s><sn="1892">vanity</s> and <sn="7469">vexation</s> of <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="4100">That</s> which hath <sn="7945 1961">been</s> is <sn="7121 8034">named</s><sn="3528">already</s>, and it is <sn="3045">known</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="120">man</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="3201">may</s> he <sn="1777">contend</s><sn="5973">with</s> him that is <sn="7945 8623">mightier</s><sn="4480">than</s> he. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">Seeing</s> there <sn="3426">be</s><sn="7235">many</s><sn="1697">things</s> that <sn="7235">increase</s><sn="1892">vanity</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> is <sn="120">man</s> the <sn="3148">better</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="4310">who</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="4100">what</s> is <sn="2896">good</s> for <sn="120">man</s> in this <sn="2416">life</s>, <sn="4557">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="1892">vain</s><sn="2416">life</s> which he <sn="6213">spendeth</s> as a <sn="6738">shadow</s>? <sn="834">for</s><sn="4310">who</s> can <sn="5046">tell</s> a <sn="120">man</s><sn="4100">what</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="310">after</s> him <sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>? </v>