1 For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.
2 All things come alike to all:One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;To the good, the clean, and the unclean;To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.As is the good, so is the sinner;He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 But for him who 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 will die;But the dead know nothing,And they have no more reward,For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;Nevermore will they have a shareIn anything done under the sun.
7 Go, eat your bread with joy,And drink your wine with a merry heart;For God has already accepted your works.