¹⁹ The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

²³ For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

² Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches--

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.

⁸ For the redemption of their life is costly, No payment is ever enough,

⁹ That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.

¹⁰ For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.

¹⁴ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, Far from their mansion.

¹⁵ But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For he will receive me. Selah.

¹⁶ Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

¹⁷ For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- And men praise you when you do well for yourself--

¹⁹ He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

²⁰ A man who has riches without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.

⁸ There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

⁵ Yes, they shall be afraid of heights, And terrors will be in the way; And the almond tree shall blossom, And the grasshopper shall be a burden, And desire shall fail; Because man goes to his everlasting home, And the mourners go about the streets:

⁷ And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.

²² It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

²³ In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

²⁷ Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,