Ecclesiastes 6:2
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.Ecclesiastes 6:2 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.