The Vanity of Wealth and Honor
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1If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, 2do not be amazed at the matter, 3for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
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But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.a
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He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
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When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
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Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
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4There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
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and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
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5As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
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This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what 6gain is there to him who 7toils for the wind?
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Moreover, all his days he 8eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.
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Behold, what I have seen to be 9good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoymentb in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his 10lot.
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Everyone also to whom 11God has given 12wealth and possessions 13and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is 14the gift of God.
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For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Eclesiastes 5:8
Se vires em alguma província opressão de pobres, e a perversão violenta do direito e da justiça, não te maravilhes de semelhante caso. Pois quem está altamente colocado tem superior que o vigia; e há mais altos ainda sobre eles.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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Eclesiastes 5:8
Se você vir o pobre oprimido numa província e vir que lhe são negados o direito e a justiça, não fique surpreso; pois todo oficial está subordinado a alguém que ocupa posição superior, e sobre os dois há outros em posição ainda mais alta.
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