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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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eat from it
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats it

For (A)they sow wind
And they harvest a (B)storm.
The standing grain has no [a]kernels;
It yields (C)no [b]grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
  2. Hosea 8:7 Or meal

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