2:16 For the wise man, like
because
Alas,
2:17 So I loathed
happens
for all the benefits of wisdom
2:18 So I loathed all the fruit of
for which I worked so hard
because
2:19 Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool?
Yet
for which I worked so wisely
This also is futile!
2:20 So I began to despair
for which I worked so hard
2:21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill;
however, he must hand over
to someone else who did not work for it.
This also is futile, and an awful injustice!
9:1 So I reflected on all this,
I concluded that
whether a person will be loved or hated
no one knows what lies ahead.
9:2 Everyone shares the same fate
the righteous and the wicked,
the good and the bad,
the ceremonially clean and unclean,
those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner;
what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.
5:12 So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people