Ecclesiastes 2:12-23

12Then IH589 turnedH6437 to considerH7200 wisdomH2451 and madnessH1947 and follyH5531; forH3588 whatH4100 more can the king’sH4428 successorH120H935H310 doH834 than what has alreadyH3528 been accomplishedH6213? 13And IH589 sawH7200 thatH3426 wisdomH2451 exceedsH3504H4480 follyH5531, just as lightH216 exceedsH3504H4480 darknessH2822:

Yet IH589 alsoH1571 came to realizeH3045 that oneH259 fateH4745 overcomesH7136 themH853 bothH3605. 15So IH589 saidH559 to myselfH3820, “The fateH4745 of the foolH3684 will alsoH1571 befallH7136 meH589. WhatH4100 thenH227 have IH589 gainedH3148 by being wiseH2449?”

And I saidH1696 to myselfH3820 that thisH2088 tooH1571 is futileH1892.

16ForH3588 there is noH369 lastingH5769 remembranceH2146 of the wiseH2450, just as withH5973 the foolH3684, seeing thatH3528 bothH3605 will be forgottenH7911 in the daysH3117 to comeH935. AlasH349, the wise manH2450 will dieH4191 just likeH5973 the foolH3684! 17So I hatedH8130 lifeH2416, becauseH3588 the workH4639 that is doneH6213 underH8478 the sunH8121 was grievousH7451 to meH5921. ForH3588 everythingH3605 is futileH1892 and a pursuitH7469 of the windH7307.

18IH589 hatedH8130 allH3605 for whichH589 I had toiledH5999H6001 underH8478 the sunH8121, because I must leave itH5117 to the manH120 who comesH1961 after meH310. 19And whoH4310 knowsH3045 whether that man will beH1961 wiseH2450 orH176 foolishH5530? Yet he will takeH7980 over allH3605 the laborH5999 at which I have workedH5998 skillfullyH2449 underH8478 the sunH8121. ThisH2088 tooH1571 is futileH1892.

20SoH589 my heartH3820 beganH5437 to despairH2976 overH5921 allH3605 the laborH5999 that I had doneH5998 underH8478 the sunH8121. 21WhenH3588 there isH3426 a manH120 who has laboredH5999 with wisdomH2451, knowledgeH1847, and skillH3788, and he must giveH5414 his portionH2506 to a manH120 who has notH3808 workedH5998 for it, thisH2088 tooH1571 is futileH1892 and a greatH7227 evilH7451. 22ForH3588 whatH4100 does a manH120 getH1933 for allH3605 the toilH5999 and strivingH7475 with whichH1931 he laborsH6001 underH8478 the sunH8121? 23IndeedH3588, allH3605 his daysH3117 are filled with griefH4341, and his taskH6045 is sorrowfulH3708; evenH1571 at nightH3915, his mindH3820 does notH3808 restH7901. ThisH2088 tooH1571 is futileH1892H1931.