16. And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment--there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness--there [is] the wicked.
17. I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.'
18. I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.
19. For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
20. The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
21. Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
22. And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?