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?