5. The heart of a fool is as a cartwheel; And his thoughts like a rolling axle tree.
6. A stallion horse is as a mocking friend; He neighs under every one that sits upon him.
7. Why does one day excel another, When all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
8. By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished; And he varied seasons and feasts:
9. Some of them he exalted and hallowed, And some of them has he made ordinary days.
10. And all men are from the ground, And Adam was created of earth.
11. In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, And made their ways various:
12. Some of them he blessed and exalted, And some of them he hallowed and brought near to himself: Some of them he cursed and brought low, And overthrew them from their place.
13. As the clay of the potter in his hand, All his ways are according to his good pleasure; So men are in the hand of him that made them, To render to them according to his judgement.
14. Good is set over against evil, And life over against death: So is the sinner over against the godly.
15. And thus look upon all the works of the Most High; Two and two, one against another.
16. And I waked up last, As one that gleans after the grape gatherers: By the blessing of the Lord I got before them, And filled my winepress as one that gathers grapes.