10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. |
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. |
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. |
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. |
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. |
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. |
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. |
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. |
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. |
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. |
