⁷ If no one ^(A)knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen? ^8 (B)There is no man who has power to restrain the wind with the wind, and there is none who has power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and ^(C)wickedness will not provide escape to its masters. ⁹ All this I have seen and given my heart to every work that has been done under the sun wherein a man has ^(D)power over another man to his calamity.

¹⁰ So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are ^(E)soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is vanity. ¹¹ Because the ^(F)sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore ^(G)the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. ¹² Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may ^(H)prolong his life, still I know that it will be ^(I)well for those who fear God, who fear ^[a]Him openly. ¹³ But it will ^(J)not be well for the wicked man, and he will not prolong his days like a ^(K)shadow, because he does not fear ^[b]God openly.