⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

¹⁶ And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

¹ And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

⁷ Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

¹³ And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

¹ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

³ This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.