¹¹ Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had ^[a]exerted, and behold all was ^[b](A)vanity and striving after wind and there was ^(B)no profit under the sun.

¹⁷ So I ^(A)hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was ^[a]grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

⁴ I have seen that every labor and every ^(A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is ^[a](B)vanity and striving after wind.

⁹ What the eyes ^(A)see is better than what the soul ^[a]desires. This too is ^(B)futility and a striving after wind.