the vanity of riches without use,1,2; though a man have many children and a long life,3-6 the vanity of sight and wandering desires,7-9 The conclusion of vanities,10-12 5:13

2 A 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.

a man 5:19 1Ki 3:13 1Ch 29:25,28 2Ch 1:11 Da 5:18

so 2:4-10 De 8:7-10 Jud 18:10 Job 21:9-15 Ps 17:14 73:7 Lu 12:19,20

yet De 28:33,43 Ps 39:6 La 5:2 Ho 7:9

vanity 4:4,8 5:16

3 If 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.

a man Ge 33:5 1Sa 2:20,21 2Ki 10:1 1Ch 28:5 2Ch 11:21 Es 5:11 Ps 127:4,5 Pr 17:6

so 5:17-19 Ge 47:9

and also 2Ki 9:35 Es 7:10 9:14,15 Isa 14:19,20 Jer 22:19 36:30

that 4:3 Job 3:16 Ps 58:8 Mt 26:24

4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

his name Ps 109:13

5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

this Job 3:10-13 14:1 Ps 58:8 90:7-9

6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

though Ge 5:5,23,24 Isa 65:22

yet 6:3 Job 7:7 Ps 4:6,7 34:12 Isa 65:20 Jer 17:6

do 3:20 12:7 Job 1:21 30:23 Heb 9:27

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

the labour Ge 3:17-19 Pr 16:26 Mt 6:25 Joh 6:27 1Ti 6:6-8

appetite 6:3 5:10 Lu 12:19

8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

what hath the wise 2:14-16 5:11

the poor Ge 17:1 Ps 101:2 116:9 Pr 19:1 Lu 1:6 1Ti 6:17

9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

better 2:24 3:12,13 5:18

wandering of the desire Job 31:7 Pr 30:15,16 Jer 2:20

this 6:2 1:2,14 2:11,22,23 4:4

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.

which 1:9-11 3:15

and it Ge 3:9,17-19 Job 14:1-4 Ps 39:6 82:6,7 103:15

neither Job 9:3,4,32 33:13 40:2 Isa 45:9,10 Jer 49:19 Ro 9:19,20

11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

1:6-9,17,18 2:3-11 3:19 4:1-4,8,16 5:7 Ps 73:6 Ho 12:1

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?

who knoweth 2:3 12:13 Ps 4:6 16:5 17:15 47:4 La 3:24-27 Mic 6:8

the days of his vain life 8:13 9:6 1Ch 29:15 Job 8:9 14:2 Ps 39:5,6 89:47 90:10-12 102:11 109:23 144:4 Jas 4:14

for who can 3:22 8:7 Job 14:21