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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 6, Verse 7

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6
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
King James Version
All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
American Standard Version
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
New English Translation
All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!
World English Bible
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12
For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] 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?
1
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2
[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
3
Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
5
[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.