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There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

Verse ConceptsAnonymityUnknown FutureThe Pastremembrancepast

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUniversality Of DeathVanityAdvantagesUseless EndeavourCondition Of The BodyAnimals Having A Soulnatural Lifenatural DeathEverything Happening For A ReasonPetsThe Environmentbreathinghumanityfatebreath

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

Verse ConceptsCareersWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeaccomplishments

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeDesire For DeathDyingLoss Of A Loved One

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless Endeavour

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Verse ConceptsProcrastinationGod's Attitude To FoolsMaking VowsNot Pleasing GodThe promises of GodPromisesMaking Mistakesfulfillment

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilNature Of KingsAgricultureevangelising

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourSuffering From ForeignersGod Gives WealthTragedyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingscatspossessionsempowerment

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

Verse ConceptsHaving A Good DayThe Pastpastwise

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingBad DaysDoing The Right ThingEnjoying Life

Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

Verse ConceptsUngodly Cursing

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

Verse ConceptsTesting Other Things

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsNot Finding

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

Verse ConceptsBeing Found Out

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

Verse ConceptsRelationship Of Men And WomenVirtuous WomanGodly WomanFinding LoveGodly ManA Good WomanBeing A Woman Of GodA Good ManMan And Womanwomancredibility

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

Verse ConceptsFall Of ManInventionsMan, Creation OfPerfection Of CreationMorality

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableForgetting PeopleState Of The DeadThose Who Were IgnorantDeathConsciousness After DeathDeath ofLife After Death

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Verse ConceptsBattlesCompetitionsBeing FairBrawnChanceLimitations Of StrengthSpeedFast RunnersGathering FoodEducationSunGod's TimingBattleGods TimingRaceGod's Timing And Planheroes

This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunMan's Wisdom

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.

Verse ConceptsPromotionRiding HorsesSlavesslaveryroyalty

Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgeFinancesSaving Moneyinvestingriskempowerment

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

Verse ConceptsCheerfulnessFreshness Of YouthImpulsesWork From YouthGod SuingAdolescent DepressionJudgmentsDaysRejoicing When Someone Is SavedFunJudgement DayGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeJudgementEnjoying Lifemanhoodconsequencesteenagercheerleading

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Verse ConceptsTrue ReligionFear God!Keep The Commandments!DutyFearing GodObeying Godcommandmentsreverence