{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

So I said {to myself}, "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool}, {what advantage is my great wisdom}?" So I said {to myself}, "This also [is] vanity!"

Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy {prosperity}, {both suffer the same fate}!

Whoever obeys [his] command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the [proper] time and the right [procedure].

There [is] a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also [is] vanity!"