The thing that is past, is out of remembrance; Even so the things that are for to come, shall no more be thought upon among them that come after.

Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.

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?

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.

For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?

A fool is so full of words, that a man cannot tell what end he shall make. Who will then warn him of it that shall follow after him?

Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.

before the sun, the light, the moon and stars be darkened, and or the clouds turn again after the rain;