Ecclesiastes 6:6 meaning and explanation

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 6:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, the voice of this book, has just described a man with a hundred children and a long life who never enjoys his prosperity. Here he pushes the picture to an impossible extreme: two thousand years of life would change nothing if the man cannot enjoy what he has.

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