- What exactly is the terrible evil, the anguish, that Kohelet sees occurring among people (Ecclesiastes 6:1-2)?
- Is this evil God-made or man-made (Ecclesiastes 6:2-3)?
- Does that matter to Kohelet?
- In what ways is the person described in Ecclesiastes 6:3 different from the one described in Ecclesiastes 6:2? In what way are they similar?
- How does Kohelet describe the “existence” of a stillborn (Ecclesiastes 6:4-5)?
- What is the key that would give life some meaning regardless of how long that life is (Ecclesiastes 6:6) and regardless of whether one is wise or a fool (Ecclesiastes 6:7)?
- Reading Ecclesiastes 6:10- 12 do you think Kohelet would agree or disagree with the contemporary proverbs that “only taxes and death are certain” and that “you can’t change the hand that God deals you”? Is there much point then in planning for the future?
