^{1 Ref} For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

^{2 Ref} All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; `and' he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

^{3 Ref} This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that `they go' to the dead.

^{4 Ref} For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

^{5 Ref} For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

^{6 Ref} As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

^{7 Ref} Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

^{8 Ref} Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

^{9 Ref} Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

^{10 Ref} Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do `it' with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.