A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.