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.

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it?

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.

When there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet to a man who has not labored in it, he shall leave it for his share. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward?

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.

And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are living now.

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

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he does not have another to help him.

A poor and a wise child is better than an old and foolish king, who will not be warned any more.

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

There is no end of all the people, of all who have been before them; they also who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.

When the good thing increases, those who eat it increase; then what profit is it to its owners, except to see it with their eyes?

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

Also every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

For what has the wise more than the fool? What gain has the poor who knows how to walk before the living?

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?

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

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

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.

It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from all of them.

Wisdom makes the wise stronger than ten mighty ones who are in the city.

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

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

Who is as the wise? And who knows the meaning of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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

For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

There is no man who has power over the spirit to keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days be made longer, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

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.

All happens alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

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.

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him who rules among fools.

He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.

Whoever removes stones shall be hurt with them. He who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

He who watches the wind shall not sow; and he who pays attention to the clouds shall not reap.

As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, as how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.

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

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.