Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Ecclesiastes 6?
Ecclesiastes 6 opens with these words: “There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 6:6: “Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?” Carry the word “though” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ecclesiastes 6:6: “Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?” What happens first in Ecclesiastes 6?
Ecclesiastes 6:6
“Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?”
Ecclesiastes 6:3
“If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:”
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Practice Ecclesiastes 6:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yes,heathousandyearstwicetold,andyetfailstoenjoydon’tallgotooneplace?