Eccl 6:2

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a man.

Eccl 5:19; 1Kgs 3:13; 1Chr 29:25; 1Chr 29:28; 2Chr 1:11; Dan 5:18

so.

Eccl 2:4-10; Deut 8:7-10; Judg 18:10; Job 21:9-15; Ps 17:14; Ps 73:7

Luke 12:19; Luke 12:20

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.

Deut 28:33; Deut 28:43; Ps 39:6; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9

vanity.

Eccl 4:4; Eccl 4:8; Eccl 5:16