Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5 |
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Ecclesiastes 6 from Scroll 4Q103 Qoheleta (Ecclesiastes) 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men: [..] 3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:[1] 4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.[2] 5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other. 6 Yes, though[3] he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, dont all go to one place? 7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living? [..] 12 For who knows what is
good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends
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