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

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.

Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in days of old, which were before us.

There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

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?

What profit does he have who works in that in which he labors?

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

That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.

For that which happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts, even one thing happens to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast; for all is vanity.

When you vow a vow to God, do not wait to pay it. For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed.

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

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:

That which has been is named already, and it is known that he is man. And he is not able to contend with Him who is mightier than he.

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?

That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

which my soul still sought, but I find not: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.

Because the word of a king is that which has power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?

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.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth: There are just ones to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked ones to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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.

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.

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

Do not curse a king, no, not in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.