Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"

Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers agony together until now.

Man

I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. {I saw the tears of the oppressed-- no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful-- no one can comfort them}!

{Whatever is--it is far beyond comprehension}. Who can discover it?

The eye

Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. [He laments,] "For whom am I toiling and depriving {myself} of pleasure?" This also [is] vanity--it is an unhappy business!

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.

Sheol and Abaddon will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied [either].

For the leech, [there are] two daughters; "Give, give!" [they cry]. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.

Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.

They will not be hungry [any] longer or be thirsty [any] longer, nor will the sun ever beat down on them, nor any heat,

General references

{Increasing words only multiplies futility}, how does that profit anyone?