I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

But better [off] than both of them is the one who has not yet been born and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

When men shall fear in high places, and be afraid in the streets; when the Almond tree shall be despised, the grasshopper born out, and when great poverty shall break in; when man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.