There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.

And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it?

Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.

Therefore I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

There is no end of all the people, of all who have been before them; they also who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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, but in the day of adversity take note that God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

This is an evil among all things that are 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 makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

So long as the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain,