¹⁶ Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness. ¹⁷ Then thought I in my mind, "God shall separate the righteous from the ungodly, and then shall be the time and judgment of all counsels and works." ¹⁸ I communed with mine own heart also concerning the children of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appear as though they were beasts. ¹⁹ For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity. ²⁰ They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again. ²¹ Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the breath of the beast that goeth down into the earth? ²² Wherefore I perceive, that there is nothing better for a man, than to be joyful in his labour, for that is his portion. But who will bring him to see the thing that shall come after him?