What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!

For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage is to man?

For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.