²⁰ for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

¹⁰ The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.^(A)

⁸ Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.

²⁶ For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.^(A)

¹⁹ and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

¹¹ Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.^(A)

²³ For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.^(A)