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.

Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until they die.

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!