5. even the sun it has not seen – it has more rest than that man.
6. And though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he shall not see goodness. Do not all go to one place?
7. All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
8. For what advantage has the wise over the fool? What advantage does the poor have who knows how to walk before the living?
9. What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.
10. Whatever shall be, has already been named, and it is known that he is son of Aḏam. And he is unable to contend with Him who is mightier than he.
11. The more words, the more futility – what is to man the advantage?
12. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his futile life, which he passes like a shadow? For who declares to man what shall be after him, under the sun?