Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 6

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:	1 There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon man:
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.	2 there is the man to whom God gives riches and property and honor, so that he lacks none of all the things he craves; yet God does not grant him power to partake of them, but a stranger devours them. This is vanity and a dire plague.
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.	3 Should a man have a hundred children and live many years, no matter to what great age, still if he has not the full benefit of his goods, or if he is deprived of burial, of this man I proclaim that the child born dead is more fortunate than he.
4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.	4 Though it came in vain and goes into darkness and its name is enveloped in darkness;
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.	5 though it has not seen or known the sun, yet the dead child is at rest rather than such a man.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?	6 Should he live twice a thousand years and not enjoy his goods, do not both go to the same place?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.	7 All man's toil is for his mouth, yet his desire is not fulfilled.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?	8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, or what advantage has the poor man in knowing how to conduct himself in life?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.	9 "What the eyes see is better than what the desires wander after." This also is vanity and a chase after wind.
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.	10 Whatever is, was long ago given its name, and the nature of man is known, and that he cannot contend in judgment with one who is stronger than he.
11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?	11 For though there are many sayings that multiply vanity, what profit is there for a man?
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?	12 For who knows what is good for a man in life, the limited days of his vain life (which God has made like a shadow)? Because-who is there to tell a man what will come after him under the sun?