15. Then I thought, "What happens to a foolish person will catch up with me too. So what do I gain by being wise?" I said to myself, "That doesn't have any meaning either."
16. Like a foolish person, a wise man won't be remembered very long. In days to come, both of them will be forgotten. Like a person who is foolish, a wise man must die too!
17. So I hated life. That's because the work that is done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It's like chasing the wind.
18. I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I'll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me.
19. And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Either way, he'll take over everything on earth I've worked so hard for. That doesn't have any meaning either.