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^1 (a)There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: ² a man ^(b)to whom ^(c)God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he ^(d)lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God ^(e)does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity;^[a] it is a grievous evil. ³ If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that ^(f)the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's ^(g)good things, and he also has no ^(h)burial, I say that ⁽ⁱ⁾a stillborn child is better off than he. ⁴ For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. ⁵ Moreover, it has not ^(j)seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds ^(k)rest rather than he. ⁶ Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy^[b] no good—do not all go to the one place?

^7 (l)All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.^{[c] 8} For what advantage has the wise man ^(m)over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? ⁹ Better ⁽ⁿ⁾is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is ^(o)vanity and a striving after wind.

¹⁰ Whatever has come to be has ^(p)already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to ^(q)dispute with one stronger than he. ¹¹ The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? ¹² For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his ^(r)vain^[d] life, which he passes like ^(s)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be ^(t)after him under the sun?