Study Desk

^(C1)It is the same for all. There is ^(C2)one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and the unclean; for the person who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good person is, so is the sinner; the one who swears an oath is just as the one who ^(F1)is afraid to swear an oath.

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun, that there is ^(C1)one fate for everyone. Furthermore, ^(C2)the hearts of the sons of mankind are full of evil, and ^(C3)insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterward they go to the dead.

For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion.

For the living know that they will die; but the dead ^(C1)do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their ^(C2)memory is forgotten.

Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a ^(C1)share in all that is done under the sun.