19 And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can have enjoyment, more than I?