Catholic Public Domain Version

Ecclesiastes 6:7-9 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.

8. What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?

9. It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.