Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 - Tree of Life Version When there are many words, futility increases! How does that benefit anyone? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man? American Standard Version (1901) Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Common English Bible Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it? Catholic Public Domain Version There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. |
Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.
Then said I in my heart: “I, even I, will have the same destiny as a fool. So why have I become so wise?” I said in my heart, “This too is meaningless.”
For the destiny of humankind and the destiny of animals are one and the same. As one dies, so dies the other. Both have the same breath—a human has no advantage over an animal—both are fleeting.
There is no end to all the people—to all who were before him. Also those who will come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this too is meaningless and striving after the wind.
There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!
If you see the oppression of the poor or perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the matter. For one authority watches over another authority, and higher ones are over them.
Whatever exists has already been named, and it has been made known what humanity is. But man cannot contend with the One who is mightier than he.
For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?
“Ephraim surrounded Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.” Though Judah roams restlessly with God, yet he is faithful with holy things.