Ecc 6:2-3 | ESV | STEP | a man to whom God gives wealth , possessions , and honor , so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires , yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity ; it is a grievous evil .

Ecclesiastes 6:2-3

2 a man ^ato whom ^bGod gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he ^clacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God ^ddoes not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 4, 9, 11 (see note on 1:2)} it is a grievous evil. 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that ^fthe days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s ^ggood things, and he also has no ^hburial, I say that ⁱa stillborn child is better off than he.