There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was?yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,