"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

Does anything exist about which someone might say, "Look at this! Is this new?" It happened ages ago; it existed before we did.

"Look at this," says the Teacher. "Linking one thing to another, I reached this conclusion:

I advise doing what the king says, especially regarding an oath to God.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

So remember your Creator during your youth! Otherwise, troublesome days will come and years will creep up on you when you'll say, "I find no pleasure in them,"

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."