Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?

He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and from long beforehand. Nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before Him.

I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Also, every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, [this] is a gift of God.

Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun; [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him; for it is his portion.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the joy of his heart.

Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry. And this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity. Consider, [I say], God also has caused the one to agree with the other for [this] reason, that man should find nothing after him.

And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [you] in which you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding [women] cease because they have become few, and those looking out at the windows grow dim;

and they shall look up, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered, because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market.

They had not sense to understand; let them reserve these things against the time to come.

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can anyone] see the life of mortals.

But a man that has died is utterly gone, and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

And he has been appointed to be food for vultures, and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

Let [one] drive him from light into darkness.

Give glory to the Lord your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and you shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.

for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist; a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been one like it from the beginning, and after it there shall not be again, even to the years of many generations.

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up hands and feet, take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Then Jesus said to them, "[For] yet a little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

how they told you that in the last time there would be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly lusts.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. And behold, this is also vanity.

And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom,) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.

I made for myself gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit tree.

I acquired servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house. Also I had abundant possessions of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.

So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom was established to me.

And I looked on all my works which my hands had done, and on my labor which I labored to perform, and behold, all was vanity and grasping for the wind, and there is no advantage under the sun.

For there is [such] a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not labored for it. This is also vanity and a great evil.

For all his days [are] sorrowful, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

There is one [alone], and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth. And for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; and the last shall not rejoice in him; for this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labor, that it should go [with him] in his hand.

And this is also an evil infirmity; for as he came, so also shall he return. And what is his gain, for which he labors in vain?

For there are many things which increase vanity. What advantage has a man?