The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?

The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I spoke within my own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have gathered more wisdom than all that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart has seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.

And who knows whether he shall be wise or a fool? Yet he shall have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity.

And I turned to cause my heart to despair over all the labor which I did under the sun.

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

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?

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

Yea, better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child who shall stand up in his place.

Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; do not say before the angel that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.

But those riches perish by evil use. And he brings forth a son, and nothing is in his hand.

Behold that which I have seen. it is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:

Also he has not seen the sun, nor known anything. This one has more rest than the other.

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?

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?

Wisdom is good with an inheritance; but it is gain to those who see the sun.

All things I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

All this I have seen, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Then I looked at all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea, further, though a wise one speaks of knowing, yet he shall not be able to find it.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; nor do they any longer have a part forever in all that is done under the sun.

Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that is your share in this life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.

This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a sin which comes from a ruler's presence;

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

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in due time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Also the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun;

So long as the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain,

And further, by these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.