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Ecclesiastes 6

Eccl. 6:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Seeing there be
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
many
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
things
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
that increase
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
vanity
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
p, what is man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
the better
yowther (Hebrew #3148)
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction (as follows)
KJV usage: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Pronounce: yo-thare'
Origin: active participle of 3498
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Psa. 73:6• 6Therefore hath pride enchained them,{HR}A garment of violence covereth them. (Psa. 73:6)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Eccl. 1:6‑9,17‑18• 6Going toward the south and turning round toward the north,{HR}Turning continually goeth the wind,{HR}And in its turnings returneth the wind.
 7All the rivers go to the sea, yet the sea is not full;{HR}Unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
 8All things [are] fatiguing; one cannot express [them]:{HR}The eye is not satisfied with seeing,{HR}Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
 9What hath been [is] what will be,{HR}And what hath been done, what will be done;{HR}And there is not all new under the sun.
 17And I applied my heart to know wisdom,{HR}And to know madness and folly:{HR}I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
 18For in much wisdom [is] much grief:{HR}And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Eccl. 1:6‑9,17‑18)
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Eccl. 2:3‑11• 3I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine,{HR}Mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom,{HR}And how to lay hold on folly,{HR}Till I might see what [it was] good for the sons of men{HR}That they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
 4I made me great works; I builded me houses;{HR}I planted me vineyards;
 5I made me gardens and parks,{HR}And I planted trees in them of all [kinds of] fruit:
 6I made me pools of water,{HR}To water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
 7I bought men-servants and maidens,{HR}And had servants born in my house;{HR}Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks,{HR}Above all that were before me in Jerusalem.
 8I gathered me also silver and gold,{HR}And the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces:{HR}I gat me men singers and women singers,{HR}And the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.
 9So I was great, and increased{HR}More than all that were before me in Jerusalem:{HR}Also my wisdom remained with me.
 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun. (Eccl. 2:3‑11)
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Eccl. 3:19• 19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;{HR}Even one thing befalleth them:{HR}As the one dieth, so dieth the other;{HR}Yea, they have all one breath;{HR}And man hath no pre-eminence above the beasts:{HR}For all is vanity. (Eccl. 3:19)
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Eccl. 4:1‑4,8,16• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter.
 2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead{HR}More than the living which are yet alive;
 3Yea, better than them both did I esteem him which hath not yet been,{HR}Who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
 4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
 8There is one, and he hath not a second;{HR}Yea, he hath neither son nor brother;{HR}Yet is there no end of all his labour,{HR}Neither is his eye satisfied with riches.{HR}For whom then, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?{HR}This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
 16[There was] no end of all the people,{HR}Of all them over whom he was:{HR}Yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him.{HR}Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:1‑4,8,16)
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Eccl. 5:7• 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words{HR}[Are] also vanities: but fear thou God. (Eccl. 5:7)
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Psa. 73:6• 6Therefore hath pride enchained them,{HR}A garment of violence covereth them. (Psa. 73:6)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
• What use, then, in many words (not things) since they afford no relief as against that end? they only increase vanity. (“Ecclesiastes 6” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

W. Kelly Translation

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Seeing there be many things that increase vanity,{HR}What is man the better?