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Ecclesiastes 6:2Eccl.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.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il y a tel homme à qui Dieu a donné des richesses, des biens, et de la gloire, et qui ne manque pour son âme de rien de ce qu'il désire, mais que Dieu ne laisse pas maître d'en jouir, car c'est un étranger qui en jouira. C'est là une vanité et un mal grave.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    nt in giving; and he sins against himself, through deficiency in spending: wherefore it is written ( Eccles. 6:2 ): "A man to whom God hath given riches . . . yet doth not give him the power to eat thereof." Nevertheless the prodigal man exceeds in this, that he injures both hims…

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