Ecclesiastes 5:13
Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life
13 Here is ▼▼ Heb “there is.” The term יֵשׁ (yesh, “there is”) is often used in aphorisms to assert the existence of a particular situation that occurs sometimes. It may indicate that the situation is not the rule but that it does occur on occasion, and may be nuanced “sometimes” (e.g., Prov 11:24; 13:7, 23; 14:12; 16:25; 18:24; 20:15; Eccl 2:21; 4:8; 5:12; 6:1; 7:15 [2x]; 8:14 [3x]).
a misfortune ▼ on earth ▼▼ Heb “under the sun.”
that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
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