JPS - Ecclesiastes - 6

6:1  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

6:2  a man to whom G-d giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet G-d giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

6:3  If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul have not enough of good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he;

6:4  for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

6:5  moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;

6:6  yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?

6:7  All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

6:8  For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?

6:9  Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

6:10  Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he.

6:11  Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better?

6:12  For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?