4 Because that child arrives pointlessly, then passes away in darkness. Darkness covers its name.
5 It hasn’t seen the sun or experienced anything. But it has more peace than those
6 who live a thousand years twice over but don’t enjoy life’s good things. Isn’t everyone heading to the same destination?
7 All the hard work of humans is for the mouth, but the appetite is never full.
8 What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?
9 It’s better to enjoy what’s at hand than to have an insatiable appetite. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.
10 Whatever happens has already been designated, and human beings are fully known. They can’t contend with the one who is stronger than they are.