Ecclesiastes 2:12-23

12And I turnedH6437 myself to behold wisdomH2451, and madnessH1947, and follyH5531; for what shall the manH120 [do] that cometh after the kingH4428? — that which hath alreadyH3528 been done.

13And I sawH7200 that wisdomH2451 excelleth follyH5531, as lightH216 excelleth darknessH2822.

14The wiseH2450 man's eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, and the foolH3684 walketh in darknessH2822; but I myself alsoH1571 perceived that oneH259 event happeneth to them all.

15And I saidH559 in my heartH3820, As it happeneth to the foolH3684 so will it happen even to me; and whyH4100 was I thenH227 so wiseH2449? ThenH227 I saidH559 in my heartH3820 that this alsoH1571 is vanityH1892.

16For there shall be no remembranceH2146 of the wiseH2450 more than of the foolH3684 for everH5769; because everythingH3605 is alreadyH3528 forgottenH7911 in the daysH3117 which comeH935. And howH349 dieth the wiseH2450 even as the foolH3684?

17And I hatedH8130 lifeH2416; for the workH4639 that is wrought under the sunH8121 was grievous unto me; for all is vanityH1892 and pursuit of the windH7307.

18And I hatedH8130 all my labour wherewith I had beenH1961 toiling under the sunH8121, because I should leave it unto the manH120 that shall beH1961 after me.

19And who knoweth whether he will beH1961 a wiseH2450 [man] or a foolH5530? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have beenH1961 wiseH2450 under the sunH8121. This alsoH1571 is vanityH1892.

20Then I wentH5437 about to cause my heartH3820 to despairH2976 of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sunH8121.

21For there is a manH120 whose labour hath been with wisdomH2451, and with knowledgeH1847, and with skillH2451, and who leaveth it to a manH120 that hath not laboured therein, to be his portionH2506. This alsoH1571 is vanityH1892 and a greatH7227 evilH7451.

22For what will manH120 have of all his labour and of the striving of his heartH3820, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sunH8121?

23For all his daysH3117 are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the nightH3915 his heartH3820 taketh no restH7901. This alsoH1571 is vanityH1892.