Ecclesiastes 6:5-7

Christian Standard Bible

⁵Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he. ⁶And if a person lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

⁷All of a person’s labor is for his stomach,^[a]^(A)
yet the appetite is never satisfied.

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