For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

The thing that hath been, cometh to pass again; and the thing that hath been done, again is done - there is nothing new under the Sun.

applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein.

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

Every thing hath a time; yea, all that is under the heaven, hath his convenient season.

A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.

What else hath a man that doth anything, but weariness and labour?

For as touching the travail and carefulness which God hath given unto men, I see that he hath given it them, to be exercised in it.

All this hath he ordained marvelous goodly, to every thing his due time. He hath planted ignorance also in the hearts of men, that they should not find out the ground of his works, which he doth from the beginning to the end.

The thing that hath been, is now; and the thing that is for to come, hath been afore time: for God restoreth again the thing that was past.

I communed with mine own heart also concerning the children of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appear as though they were beasts.

For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity.

If one of them fall, his companion helpeth him up again: But woe is him that is alone, for if he fall, he hath not another to help him up.

If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them.

Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?

Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.

This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?

Yea, though he lived two thousand years, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

For what hath the wise more than the fool? What helpeth it the poor, that he knoweth to walk before the living?

The thing that hath been is named already, and known - that it is man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier than he.

Many things there be that increase vanity, and what hath a man else?

Who is wise? Who hath knowledge to make an answer? Wisdom maketh a man's face to shine, but malice putteth it out of favour.

Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.

All these things have I considered, and applied my mind unto every work that is under the Sun: how one man hath lordship upon another to his own harm.

Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.

For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them.

Use thy self to live joyfully with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life which is but vanity, that God hath given thee under the Sun; all the days of thy vanity. For that is thy portion in this life, of all thy labor and travail that thou takest under the Sun.

Dead flies corrupt sweet ointment and make it to stink. Even so, oft times, he that hath been had in estimation for wisdom and honour is abhorred because of a little foolishness.

He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.