Ecclesiastes 6:2
God might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.This verse in the real world
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- נֶכֶסnekeçtreasure
- שָׁלַטshâlaṭto dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
- חָסֵרchâçêrlacking; hence, without
- אָוָהʼâvâhto wish for
- עֹשֶׁרʻôsherwealth
- נׇכְרִיnokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, diff
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.