1
For I have takenallthis to my heart and explain it that righteousmen, wisemen, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not knowwhether it will be loveorhatred; anythingawaits him.
2
It is the same for all. There is onefate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the goodman is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.
3
This is an evil in all that is doneunder the sun, that there is onefate for allmen. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
9
Enjoylife with the womanwhom you loveall the days of your fleetinglifewhich He has given to you under the sun ; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have laboredunder the sun.
11
I againsawunder the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither* is bread to the wisenor*wealth to the discerningnor*favor to men of ability; for time and chanceovertake them all.
12
Moreover*, man does not know his time: like fishcaught in a treacherousnet and birdstrapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an eviltime when it suddenlyfalls on them.