A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.

There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;