Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’swisdommaketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his faceshall be changed.
There is no man thathathpowerover the spirit to retain the spirit; neitherhath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neithershallwickednessdeliverthosethat are given to it.
And so I saw the wickedburied, who had come and gonefrom the place of the holy, and theywereforgotten in the citywherethey had so done: this is alsovanity.
There is a vanitywhich is doneupon the earth; thatthere be just men, untowhom it happenethaccording to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happenethaccording to the work of the righteous: I saidthatthisalso is vanity.
Then I commendedmirth, because a man hath no betterthingunder the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for thatshallabidewith him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
When I appliedmineheart to knowwisdom, and to see the businessthat is doneupon the earth: (for alsothere is thatneither day nor nightseethsleepwith his eyes:)
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannotfind out the workthat is doneunder the sun: becausethough a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.