6. Even if he lives 2,000 years, it is sad if a person can’t enjoy the good things God gives him. After all, both he and the baby born dead go to the same place—the grave.
7. A person works just to feed himself.But he never seems to get enough to eat.
8. In this way a wise manis no better off than a foolish person.Then, too, it does a poor man little goodto know how to get along in life.
9. So it is better to be happy with what you havethan always to be wanting more.Always wanting more is useless—like chasing the wind.
10. Everything that happens was planned long ago.A man is only what he was created to be.It is useless to argue with God about it.This is because God is more powerful than man is.
11. The more you argue,the more useless it is.You gain nothing at all by arguing.
12. A person has only a few days of life on the earth. His short life passes like a shadow. And who knows what is best for him while he lives? Who can tell him what will happen after his time on earth?