9. A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.
10. Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?
11. Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.
12. There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.
13. For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.
14. Just as he went forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.
15. It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?
16. All the days of his life he consumes: in darkness, and with many worries, and in distress as well as sadness.
17. And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion.
18. And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors.
19. And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights.