² So ^(A)I lauded the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living. ³ But ^(B)better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴ I have seen that every labor and every ^(C)success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is ^[a](D)vanity and striving after wind.