Ecclesiastes 6:2
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
רַע
an evil
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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נׇכְרִי
foreign
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נׇכְרִי
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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נָתַן
he gives
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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שָׁלַט
he gives power/ him
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שָׁלַט
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
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חָסֵר
is lacking
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חָסֵר
lacking; hence, without
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עֹשֶׁר
wealth
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עֹשֶׁר
wealth
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