¹² For who knows what is good for a person during his lifetime, during the few ^[a]years of his futile life? He will ^[b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a person ^(A)what will happen after him under the sun?

¹⁵ I have seen everything during my ^[a](A)lifetime of futility; there is ^(B)a righteous person who perishes in his righteousness, and there is ^(C)a wicked person who prolongs his life in his wickedness.