Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 6

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon man:	1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
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.	2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
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.	3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
4 Though it came in vain and goes into darkness and its name is enveloped in darkness;	4 For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
5 though it has not seen or known the sun, yet the dead child is at rest rather than such a man.	5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
6 Should he live twice a thousand years and not enjoy his goods, do not both go to the same place?	6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
7 All man's toil is for his mouth, yet his desire is not fulfilled.	7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
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?	8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
9 "What the eyes see is better than what the desires wander after." This also is vanity and a chase after wind.	9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
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.	10 He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
11 For though there are many sayings that multiply vanity, what profit is there for a man?	11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
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?