Ecclesiastes 2:12-23

12And I turnedH6437 myselfH589 to beholdH7200 wisdomH2451, and madnessH1947 and follyH5531; for whatH4100 canH4100 the manH120 doH6213 that cometh afterH310 the kingH4428? evenH3588 that whichH834 hath been alreadyH3528 doneH6213.

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

14The wiseH2450 man’sH2450 eyesH5869 are in his headH7218, and the foolH3684 walketh in darknessH2822: and yet I perceivedH3045 that one event happeneth to them allH3605.

15Then saidH559 I in my heartH3820, As it happeneth to the foolH3684, soH1571 will it happen evenH1571 to meH589; and whyH4100 was I then moreH3148 wiseH2449? Then I saidH559 in my heartH3820, that this also was vanityH1892.

16For of the wiseH2450 manH2450, evenH3588 as of the foolH3684, there is noH369 remembranceH2146 for everH5769; seeingH3588 that in the daysH3117 to comeH935 allH3605 will have been alreadyH3528 forgottenH7911. And howH349 doth the wiseH2450 manH2450 dieH4191 evenH3588 as the foolH3684!

17SoH6213 I hatedH8130 lifeH2416; becauseH3588 the workH4639 that is wroughtH4639 underH8478 the sunH8121 was grievous unto meH5921: for allH3605 is vanityH1892 and a strivingH7469 afterH5921 windH7307.

18And I hatedH8130 allH3605 my labour wherein I laboured underH8478 the sunH8121: seeing that I mustH853 leaveH3240 it unto the manH120 that shall be afterH310 meH8130.

19And who knoweth whetherH176 he shall be a wiseH2450 manH2450 or a foolH5530? yet shall he have rule over allH3605 my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdomH2449 underH8478 the sunH8121. This also is vanityH1892.

20Therefore I turnedH5437 aboutH5921 to cause my heartH3820 to despairH2976 concerning allH3605 the labour wherein I had laboured underH8478 the sunH8121.

21For there is a manH120 whoseH120 labour is with wisdomH2451, and with knowledgeH1847, and with skilfulness; yet to a manH120 that hath notH3808 laboured therein shall he leave it for his portionH2506. This also is vanityH1892 and a greatH7227 evilH7451.

22For whatH4100 hath a manH120 of allH3605 his labour, and of the strivingH7475 of his heartH3820, wherein he laboureth underH8478 the sunH8121?

23For allH3605 his daysH3117 are but sorrowsH4341, and his travail is grief; yeaH3588, evenH1571 in the nightH3915 his heartH3820 taketh noH3808 restH7901. This also is vanityH1892.