The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

For where much wisdom is, there is also great travail and disquietness; and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he will take possession of everything that I have done on earth, especially where I have excelled. This also is pointless.

I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."

For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools.

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

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.