Ecclesiastes, Chapter 6
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library, with the manuscript text drawn directly from the same source as the scan:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 145.
- Original text: The verbatim transcription of the Sinaiticus manuscript from the Codex Sinaiticus Project, preserving uncial forms, lunate sigma, nomina sacra (e.g. ⟨θϲ⟩ = θεός), and scribal marks. Nomina sacra are shown in angle brackets to indicate the manuscript's sacred-name abbreviations.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1εϲτιν πονηρια · ην ειδον υπο τον ηλιον · και πολλη εϲτιν ϋπο τον ανθρωπον · 2ανηρ . ὡ δωϲει αυτω ο θϲ πλουτον · και ϋπαρχοντα και δοξαν . και ουκ εϲτιν ϋϲτερων τη ψυχη αυτου · απο παντων ων επιθυμηϲει · και ουκ εξουϲιαϲει αυτω ο θϲ του φαγειν απ αυτου · οτι ανηρ ξενοϲ καταφαγεται αυτον · οτι και γε τουτο ματαιοτηϲ · και αρρωϲτια πονηρα εϲτιν 3πολλα ζηϲεται και πληθοϲ · ο τι εϲονται ημεραι ετων αυτου . και η ψυχη αυτου ουκ εμπληϲθηϲεται απο αγαθωϲυνηϲ και γε αφη ουκ εγενετο αυτω ειπα · αγαθον ϋπερ αυτον το εκτρωμα ˙ 4οτι εν ματαιοτητι ηλθεν · και εν ϲκοτι πορευεται και εν ϲκοτι ονομα αυτου καλυφθηϲεται · 5και γε ηλιον ουκ ειδεν και ουκ εγνω · αναπαυϲειϲ τουτο υπερ τουτον ·
1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2A 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. 3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. 4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6και ει εζηϲεν χιλιων ετων καθοδουϲ · και αγαθωϲυνην ουκ ειδεν · μη ουκ ειϲ τοπον ενα πορευϲεται τα παντα · 7παϲ μοχθοϲ του ανθρωπου ειϲ ϲτομα αυτου · και γε η ψυχη ου πληρωθηϲεται · 8οτι περιϲϲια τω ϲοφω ϋπερ τον αφρονα · διοτι ο πενηϲ οιδεν πορευθηναι κατεναντι τηϲ ζωηϲ · 9αγαθον οραμα οφθαλμων ϋπερ πορευομενον ψυχη · και γε τουτο ματαιοτηϲ · και προαιρεϲιϲ πνϲ 10ει τι εγενετο ηδη κεκληται ονομα αυτου · και ο εγνωϲθη ο εϲτιν ανθρωποϲ και ου δυνηϲεται του κριθηναι μετα του ϊϲχυροτερου υπερ αυτον ·
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11οτι ειϲιν ολιγοι · πολλοι πληθυνοντεϲ ματαιοτητα οτι περιϲϲον τω ανθρωπω 12οτι τιϲ οιδεν τιϲ αγαθον τω ανθρωπω εν τη ζωη αυτου · αριθμον ημερων ζωηϲ ματαιοτητοϲ αυτου · και εποιηϲεν αυταϲ εν ϲκια · οτι τιϲ απαγγελει τω ανθρωπω · τι εϲται οπιϲω αυτου ϋπο τον ηλιον
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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