1
For
all
this
I
considered
in
my
heart
even
to
declare
all
this,
that
the
righteous,
and
the
wise,
and
their
works,
[are]
in
the
hand
of
God:
no
man
knoweth
either
love
or
hatred
[by]
all
[that
is]
before
them.
2
All
[things
come]
alike
to
all:
[there
is]
one
event
to
the
righteous,
and
to
the
wicked;
to
the
good
and
to
the
clean,
and
to
the
unclean;
to
him
that
sacrificeth,
and
to
him
that
sacrificeth
not:
as
[is]
the
good,
so
[is]
the
sinner;
[and]
he
that
sweareth,
as
[he]
that
feareth
an
oath.
3
This
[is]
an
evil
among
all
[things]
that
are
done
under
the
sun,
that
[there
is]
one
event
unto
all:
yea,
also
the
heart
of
the
sons
of
men
is
full
of
evil,
and
madness
[is]
in
their
heart
while
they
live,
and
after
that
[they
go]
to
the
dead.
4
For
to
him
that
is
joined
to
all
the
living
there
is
hope:
for
a
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
5
For
the
living
know
that
they
shall
die:
but
the
dead
know
not
any
thing,
neither
have
they
any
more
a
reward;
for
the
memory
of
them
is
forgotten.
6
Also
their
love,
and
their
hatred,
and
their
envy,
is
now
perished;
neither
have
they
any
more
a
portion
for
ever
in
any
[thing]
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
7
Go
thy
way,
eat
thy
bread
with
joy,
and
drink
thy
wine
with
a
merry
heart;
for
God
now
accepteth
thy
works.
8
Let
thy
garments
be
always
white;
and
let
thy
head
lack
no
ointment.
9
Live
joyfully
with
the
wife
whom
thou
lovest
all
the
days
of
the
life
of
thy
vanity,
which
he
hath
given
thee
under
the
sun,
all
the
days
of
thy
vanity:
for
that
[is]
thy
portion
in
[this]
life,
and
in
thy
labour
which
thou
takest
under
the
sun.
10
Whatsoever
thy
hand
findeth
to
do,
do
[it]
with
thy
might;
for
[there
is]
no
work,
nor
device,
nor
knowledge,
nor
wisdom,
in
the
grave,
whither
thou
goest.
11
I
returned,
and
saw
under
the
sun,
that
the
race
[is]
not
to
the
swift,
nor
the
battle
to
the
strong,
neither
yet
bread
to
the
wise,
nor
yet
riches
to
men
of
understanding,
nor
yet
favour
to
men
of
skill;
but
time
and
chance
happeneth
to
them
all.
12
For
man
also
knoweth
not
his
time:
as
the
fishes
that
are
taken
in
an
evil
net,
and
as
the
birds
that
are
caught
in
the
snare;
so
[are]
the
sons
of
men
snared
in
an
evil
time,
when
it
falleth
suddenly
upon
them.
13
This
wisdom
have
I
seen
also
under
the
sun,
and
it
[seemed]
great
unto
14
[There
was]
a
little
city,
and
few
men
within
it;
and
there
came
a
great
king
against
it,
and
besieged
it,
and
built
great
bulwarks
against
15
Now
there
was
found
in
it
a
poor
wise
man,
and
he
by
his
wisdom
delivered
the
city;
yet
no
man
remembered
that
same
poor
man.
16
Then
said
I,
Wisdom
[is]
better
than
strength:
nevertheless
the
poor
man’s
wisdom
[is]
despised,
and
his
words
are
not
heard.
17
The
words
of
wise
[men
are]
heard
in
quiet
more
than
the
cry
of
him
that
ruleth
among
fools.
18
Wisdom
[is]
better
than
weapons
of
war:
but
one
sinner
destroyeth
much
good.