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?

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God does it so that they fear before Him.

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?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?

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?

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?