Ecclesiastes 6
- 1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men.
- 2A man that God has given riches, wealth, and honor to, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it: this is meaningless, and it is an evil disease.
- 3If a man have a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he have no burial, I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
- 4For it comes without meaning, and leaves in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
- 5Also he has not seen the sun, or known anything: this has more rest than the other.
- 6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
- 7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- 8For what has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor, that knows to walk before the living?
- 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also meaningless, like trying to catch the wind.
- 10That which has been is named already, and it is known that it is man. Neither may he argue with him who is mightier than he.
- 11The more words there are, the less they mean. How does that help anyone?
- 12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ecclesiastes 6 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
GIGAKJVThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men.
KJVA man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
GIGAKJVA man that God has given riches, wealth, and honor to, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it: this is meaningless, and it is an evil disease.
KJVIf a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
GIGAKJVIf a man have a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he have no burial, I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
KJVFor he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
GIGAKJVFor it comes without meaning, and leaves in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
KJVMoreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
GIGAKJVAlso he has not seen the sun, or known anything: this has more rest than the other.
KJVYea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
GIGAKJVYes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
KJVAll the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
GIGAKJVAll the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
KJVFor what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
GIGAKJVFor what has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor, that knows to walk before the living?
KJVBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
GIGAKJVBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also meaningless, like trying to catch the wind.
KJVThat 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.
GIGAKJVThat which has been is named already, and it is known that it is man. Neither may he argue with him who is mightier than he.
KJVSeeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
GIGAKJVThe more words there are, the less they mean. How does that help anyone?
KJVFor 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?
GIGAKJVFor who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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