1 There is 3426 an evil 7451 which I have seen 7200 under the sun 8121, and it is common 7227 among men 120:
2 A man 376 to whom God 430 hath given 5414 riches 6239, wealth 5233, and honour 3519, so that he wanteth 2638 nothing for his soul 5315 of all that he desireth 183, yet God 430 giveth him not power 7980 to eat 398 thereof, but a stranger 376 5237 eateth 398 it: this is vanity 1892, and it is an evil 7451 disease 2483.
3 If a man 376 beget 3205 an hundred 3967 children, and live 2421 many 7227 years 8141, so that the days 3117 of his years 8141 be many 7227, and his soul 5315 be not filled 7646 with good 2896, and also that he have no burial 6900; I say 559, that an untimely birth 5309 is better 2896 than he.
4 For he cometh 935 in with vanity 1892, and departeth 3212 in darkness 2822, and his name 8034 shall be covered 3680 with darkness 2822.
5 Moreover he hath not seen 7200 the sun 8121, nor known 3045 any thing: this 2088 hath more rest 5183 than 2088 the other.
6 Yea, though 432 he live 2421 a thousand 505 years 8141 twice 6471 told, yet hath he seen 7200 no good 2896: do not all go 1980 to one 259 place 4725?
7 All the labour 5999 of man 120 is for his mouth 6310, and yet the appetite 5315 is not filled 4390.
8 For what hath the wise 2450 more 3148 than the fool 3684? what hath the poor 6041, that knoweth 3045 to walk 1980 before the living 2416?
9 Better 2896 is the sight 4758 of the eyes 5869 than the wandering 1980 of the desire 5315: this is also vanity 1892 and vexation 7469 of spirit 7307.
10 That which hath been is named 7121 8034 already 3528, and it is known 3045 that it is man 120: neither may 3201 he contend 1777 with him that is mightier 8623 than he.
11 Seeing there be 3426 many 7235 things 1697 that increase 7235 vanity 1892, what is man 120 the better 3148?
12 For who knoweth 3045 what is good 2896 for man 120 in this life 2416, all 4557 the days 3117 of his vain 1892 life 2416 which he spendeth 6213 as a shadow 6738? for who can tell 5046 a man 120 what shall be after 310 him under the sun 8121?