⁶ Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished; never again will they have any share in all that happens under the sun.^(A)

²⁰ “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

¹² For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?^(A)

The Israelites Are Oppressed

⁸ Now a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.^(A)

¹⁸ I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to my successor,^{(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. ²⁰ So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,^{(B) 21} because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.^{(C) 22} What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?^{(D) 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.^(E)