16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17. I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.
18. I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19. For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; the same thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.
20. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21. Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
22. Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?