For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes th
For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days t
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,