¹⁴ The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the ^(A)fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that the ^(B)fate of one becomes the fate of all of them.

¹⁶ For there is ^(A)no remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And ^(B)how the wise man dies with the fool!

^19 (A)For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is ^[a]vanity. ²⁰ All go to the same place. All came from the ^(B)dust, and all return to the dust.

⁶ Even if the other man lives one thousand years twice and does not see good things—^(A)do not all go to the same place?”

^2 (A)It is the same for all. There is ^(B)one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who ^[a]is afraid to swear. ³ This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is ^(C)one fate for all. Furthermore, ^(D)the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and ^(E)madness is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.