¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles^(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(B)
19 By the sweat of your brow^(C)
    you will eat your food^(D)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(E)

² “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”^(A)