There is a wickedness which I beheld under the sun, and it is abundant with men.
A man to whom shall give to him God wealth, and possessions, and glory, and there is nothing lacking to his soul from all things which he shall desire; yet shall not give authority to him God to eat from it; for a man, a stranger, shall eat it. And this folly and sickness an evil is
If should engender a man a hundred, and years many [[G2198|shall live],] and abundant however will be the days of his years, that his soul shall not be filled up from goodness, and indeed no burial there be for him. I said, Better for him the miscarriage.
For in folly he came, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name shall be covered.
And indeed the sun [[G3756|he knew not],] and knows not rest this one over this other one.
And if he lived a thousand years of returns, and goodness [[G3756|he knows not],] is it not unto place one all shall go?
Every effort of man is for his mouth, and indeed the soul shall not be filled.
For what advantage to the wise over the fool, for the needy knows to go in front of life?
Better vision of eyes, than going in life; for indeed this is folly and resolve of spirit.
If anything became, already has been called [[G3686|its name];] and it is known what man is, and he is not able to judge against the one stronger than he.
For there are matters many multiplying folly.
What extra is to man? For who knows what is good to man in life, during the number of the life of the days of his folly? And he spent them as a shadow; for who shall report to man what will be after him under the sun?