6. Remember your Creator before the silver cord is snapped,the golden bowl is broken,the pitcher is smashed near the spring,and the water wheel is broken at the cistern.
7. Then the dust ⌊of mortals⌋ goes back to the ground as it was before,and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.
8. “Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Everything is pointless!”
9. Besides being wise, the spokesman also taught the people what he knew. He very carefully thought about it, studied it, and arranged it in many proverbs.
10. The spokesman tried to find just the right words. He wrote the words of truth very carefully.