Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

English Standard Version

^7 (A)All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.^{[a] 8} For what advantage has the wise man ^(B)over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? ⁹ Better ^(C)is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is ^(D)vanity and a striving after wind.

¹⁰ Whatever has come to be has ^(E)already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to ^(F)dispute with one stronger than he. ¹¹ The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? ¹² For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his ^(G)vain^[b] life, which he passes like ^(H)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be ^(I)after him under the sun?