Ecclesiastes 6:2
New American Standard Bible
2 a person to whom God has (A)given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul (B)lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to [a]enjoy these things, but a foreigner [b]enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eat from it
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats it
Ecclesiastes 6:2
King James Version
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.
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Hosea 8:7
King James Version
7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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