There is no remembrance of the former [things], nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly. For what [can] the man [do] who comes after the king? [Even] that which has been done long ago.

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.

And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.

For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,