I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?