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Ecclesiastes 6:2

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a man: Ecclesiastes 5:19; 1 Kings 3:13; 1 Chronicles 29:25, 1 Chronicles 29:28; 2 Chronicles 1:11; Daniel 5:18

so: Ecclesiastes 2:4-10; Deuteronomy 8:7-10; Judges 18:10; Job 21:9-15; Psalms 17:14, Psalms 73:7; Luke 12:19-20

yet: A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.

but: Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:43; Psalms 39:6; Lamentations 5:2; Hosea 7:9

vanity: Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 5:16

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