Those Who Have Wealth but Do Not Enjoy It Are Pitiful

6 Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind. 2 God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it—instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This is vanity—indeed, it is a grievous ill!

3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart[fn] is not satisfied with ⌊his prosperity⌋[fn] and ⌊he does not receive a proper burial⌋,[fn] I deem the stillborn better than him. 4 For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness. 5 He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him. 6 Even if a man[fn] lives a thousand years twice, if he[fn] does not enjoy ⌊prosperity⌋,[fn] ⌊both suffer the same fate⌋![fn]